Partners in Care With Semi-Structured Support Group

The investigators are conducting a feasibility study using a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design in which participants will receive the Partners in Care (PIC) diabetes self-management intervention and then be randomized to either semi-structured social support or a standard follow-up control group. Participants in the support groups will receive a culturally-tailored, semi-structured social support program delivered in a community setting by trained community peer educators and other health professionals (e.g., pharmacist). The investigators believe that the addition of a semi-structured social support component as a supplement to an evidence-based diabetes self-management intervention will improve diabetes self-care maintenance.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Self-reported Native Hawaiian, Filipino, or other Pacific Islander ethnic background
• Adults age >18 years of age
• English-speaking
• Physician-diagnosed type 2 diabetes
• Baseline hemoglobin A1c >8%

Exclusion Criteria:

• Survival less than 6 months
• Planning to move out of the community during the intervention study period
• Pregnancy
• Any co-morbid condition (physical and mental disabilities) that would prevent the individual from participating in the intervention protocol (i.e., major psychiatric illness)