Description: Results from a study examining the effects of a diabetes-specific social support maintenance component on HbA1c control and diabetes self-care behaviors in a sample of Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders with type 2 diabetes who completed the Partners in Care culturally tailored, community-based, diabetes self-management education intervention (DSME).

Citation: Ing, C. T., Zhang, G., Dillard, A., Yoshimura, S. R., Hughes, C., Palakiko, D. M., Kehauoha, B. P., Sinclair, K. A., & Kaholokula, J. K. (2016). Social Support Groups in the Maintenance of Glycemic Control after Community-Based Intervention. Journal of diabetes research, 2016, 7913258. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/7913258