Symptom-Related Self-Care of Mexican Americans With Type 2 Diabetes: Preliminary Findings of the Starr County Diabetes Education Study

The Diabetes Educator

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 331-339

  Brown, Sharona ^a   Upchurch, Sandra L ^a   Garcia, Alexandra A ^a   Barton, Sara A ^a   Hanis, Craig L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SELF HELP; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; TEXAS;

EID: 0032060223     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014572179802400308     Document Type: Article

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