Training Lay Health Educators to Conduct a Church-Based Weight-Loss Program for African American Women

The Diabetes Educator

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 231-238

  Quinn, Michael T ^a   McNabb, Wylie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT EDUCATION; RELIGION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRISTIANITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT LOSS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0035295837     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014572170102700209     Document Type: Article

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