| Partner | Role | 
      
        | KSDPP    staff | Diabetes    prevention facilitators and trainers, administration staff and community    researchers. | 
      
        | Community    Advisory Board (CAB) | Community    members from diverse sectors of the community including those from the public    health and social sciences, political and spiritual representatives, and    community members with a general interest in the project. | 
      
        | Supervisory    board | Community,    political and academic representatives ensuring financial accountability and    transparency. | 
      
        | Research    team and community affiliations | Academic    researchers defined by their association with universities; community    researchers including health and education professionals with research    responsibilities, and community affiliates that include organizations and    other community members that support the KSDPP intervention and research but    are not involved in KSDPP committees | 
    
    Adapted from Cargo et al. 2011 [23]