Using a Focus Group to Design a Diabetes Education Program for an African American Population

The Diabetes Educator

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 917-924

  Blanchard, Mary A ^a   Rose, Linda E ^b   Taylor, Jan ^d   Mcentee, Margaret A ^c   Latchaw, Linda L ^d  

^a Howard County General Hospital   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d St Agnes HealthCare ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0033218937     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014572179902500609     Document Type: Article

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