The GREAT for diabetes initiative has resulted in a number of publications:

• The sustainability of group empowerment and training for people with diabetes in South Africa
  https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v66i1.5918
• Mash RJ, Cairncross J. Piloting of virtual group education for diabetes in Cape Town: An exploratory qualitative study S Afr Fam Pract. 2023;65(1), a5635. https://doi. org/10.4102/safp.v65i1.5635. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9983288/
• Mash RJ, Cairncross J. Comprehensive patient education and counselling for non-communicable diseases in primary care, Western Cape. S Afr Fam Pract. 2023;65(1), a5634. https:// doi.org/10.4102/safp. v65i1.5634.
• Mash R, Schouw D. Evaluating the implementation of Group Empowerment and Training (GREAT) for diabetes in South Africa: Convergent mixed methods. Pre-print in Research Square. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2529013/v1
• Mash R, Schouw D, Fischer AE. Evaluating the Implementation of the GREAT4Diabetes WhatsApp Chatbot to Educate People With Type 2 Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Convergent Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Diabetes. 2022 Jun 24;7(2):e37882. doi: 10.2196/37882. PMID: 35537057; PMCID: PMC9236126. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35537057/
• Allerton J, Mash R. The impact of intensified clinical care on glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes at Khayelitsha Community Health Centre, South Africa: Quasi-experimental study. Prim Care Diabetes. 2020 Apr;14(2):97-103. doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2019.08.006. Epub 2019 Sep 26. PMID: 31564516. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31564516/
• Mash R, Kroukamp R, Gaziano T, Levitt N. Cost-effectiveness of a diabetes group education program delivered by health promoters with a guiding style in underserved communities in Cape Town, South Africa. Patient Educ Couns 2015; 98: 622–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2015.01.005
• Mash RJ, Rhode H, Zwarenstein M, et al. Effectiveness of a group diabetes education programme in under-served communities in South Africa: A pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. Diabet Med 2014; 31. DOI:10.1111/dme.12475.
• Botes AS, Majikela-Dlangamandla B, Mash R. The ability of health promoters to deliver group diabetes education in South African primary care. African J Prim Heal Care Fam Med 2013; 5.  https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/484
• Serfontein S, Mash RJ. Views of patients on a group diabetes education programme using motivational interviewing in South African primary care: A qualitative study. South African Fam Pract 2013; 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20786204.2013.10874395
• Van Der Does AMB, Mash R. Evaluation of the ‘takeFiveSchool’ : An education programme for people with Type 2 Diabetes in the WesternCape, South Africa. Prim Care Diabetes 2013; 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pcd.2013.07.002
• Mash, B., Levitt, N., Steyn, K. et al. Effectiveness of a group diabetes education programme in underserved communities in South Africa: pragmatic cluster randomized control trial. BMC Fam Pract 13, 126 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-13-126
• Mash R, Levitt NS, Van Vuuren U, Martell R. Improving the annual review of diabetic patients in primary care: An appreciative inquiry in the Cape Town District Health Services. South African Fam Pract 2008; 50. (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271759282_Improving_the_diabetic_annual_review_in_primary_care_an_appreciative_inquiry_in_the_Cape_Town_District_Health_Services) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20786204.2008.10873764