Cultural orientation and diabetes self-care in low-income African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-14

  de Groot, Mary ^a   Welch, Garry ^b   Buckland III, Golden T ^c   Fergus, Mona ^d   Ruggiero, Laurie ^a   Chipkin, Stuart R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; African American; Diabetes Mellitus

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIET THERAPY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0348112528     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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