Culturally Competent Diabetes Education for Mexican Americans: The Starr County Study

The Diabetes Educator

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 226-236

  Brown, Sharon A ^a   Hanis, Craig L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS; TEXAS;

EID: 0033098153     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014572179902500208     Document Type: Article

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