Home remedies for Type 2 diabetes used by Mexican Americans in El Paso, Texas

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 304-323

  Poss, Jane E ^a   Jezewski, Mary Ann ^b   Stuart, Armando Gonzalez ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Explanatory models; Health beliefs; Herbal remedies; Mexican Americans; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

AGAVE EXTRACT; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BRICKELLIA CAVANILLESI EXTRACT; BURSERA MICROPHYLLA EXTRACT; CACALIA DESCOMPOSITA EXTRACT; CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA EXTRACT; COIX LACHRYMA EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IBERVILLEA EXTRACT; LARREA EXTRACT; MALABAR OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; MIMOSA BIUNCIFERA EXTRACT; MORUS NIGRA EXTRACT; OPUNTIA EXTRACT; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RHAMNUS PURSHIANA EXTRACT; SALPIANTHUS MACRODONTHUS EXTRACT; TECOMA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITIS EXTRACT; ZEA MAYS EXTRACT;

BIOMEDICINE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISPANIC; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INCOME; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHYTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CARE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CARE; TEXAS;

EID: 0642284102     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773803256872     Document Type: Review

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