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purpose purpose study test efficacy culturally tailored comprehensive type 2 diabetes management intervention korean american immigrants kais type 2 diabetes methods randomized controlled pilot trial 2 parallel arms intervention vs control delayed intervention design used total 79 kais recruited baltimorewashington area completed baseline 18week 30week followups intervention n 40 control n 39 participants uncontrolled type 2 diabetes hemoglobin a1c 75 baseline authors comprehensive selfhelp intervention program type 2 diabetes management shipdm consisted 6week structured psychobehavioral education home glucose monitoring teletransmission bilingual nurse telephone counseling 24 weeks primary outcome study a1c level secondary outcomes included array psychobehavioral variables results using analysis covariance findings support proposed intervention effective significantly lowering a1c fasting glucose also improving psychosocial outcomes sample specifically amount reduction a1c among intervention group participants 119 18 weeks 131 30 weeks 10 155 participants achieving suggested goal a1c lt7 18 30 weeks followup respectively conclusions results highlight clinical efficacy shipdm intervention composed 6week education program selfmonitoring followup counseling terms maintaining improved intervention effects obtained terms glucose control