The role and meaning of susto in Mexican Americans' explanatory model of type 2 diabetes

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 360-377

  Poss, Jane ^a   Jezewski, Mary Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Explanatory models; Health beliefs; Mexican Americans; Susto; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; TEXAS;

EID: 0036719514     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2002.16.3.360     Document Type: Article

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