The Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project: Intervention, evaluation, and baseline results of a diabetes primary prevention program with a native community in Canada

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 779-790

  Macaulay, Ann C ^a,b,h   Paradis, Gilles ^c,d   Potvin, Louise ^e   Cross, Edward J ^f   Saad Haddad, Chantal ^a   McComber, Alex ^h   Desrosiers, Serge ^e   Kirby, Rhonda ^h   Montour, Louis T ^a,b   Lamping, Donna L ^g   Leduc, Nicole ^e   Rivard, Michèle ^e  

^a Kateri Memorial Hospital Center   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f Kahnawake Education Center   (Canada)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h Kahnawake Schools Diabet Prev P   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Community; Diet; Indian; Non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; North American; Obesity; Physical activity; Primary prevention; School

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL;

EID: 0031282226     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0241     Document Type: Article

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