The Effect of a Community-Based Self-Help Intervention: Korean Americans With Type 2 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Korean Americans are one of the most underserved ethnic/linguistic minority groups owing to cultural and institutional barriers; there is an urgent need for culturally competent diabetes management programs in the Korean American community for those with type 2 diabetes. The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of a community-based, culturally tailored, multimodal behavioral intervention program in an ethnic/linguistic minority group with type 2 diabetes.

Design

An RCT with waitlist comparison based on the Predisposing, Reinforcing, and Enabling Constructs in Education/environmental Diagnosis and Evaluation (PRECEDE)-Policy, Regulatory, and Organizational Constructs in Educational and Environmental Development (PROCEED) and self-help models. Data

SUBMITTER: Kim MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4615366 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature