Use of ethnographic methods for applied research on diabetes among the Ojibway-Cree in Northern Ontario

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 365-382

  Gittelsohn, Joel ^a   Harris, Stewart B ^b   Burris, Krista L ^c   Kakegamic, Louisa ^d   Landman, Laura T ^c   Sharma, Anjali ^c   Wolever, Thomas M S ^e   Logan, Alexander ^f   Barnie, Annette ^f   Zinman, Bernard ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Mt Sinai Hospital ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITION; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030203152     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819602300307     Document Type: Article

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