Barriers to diabetes education in urban patients: Perceptions, patterns, and associated factors

Diabetes Educator

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 410-417

  Rhee, Mary K ^a   Cook, Curtiss B ^d   El Kebbi, Imad ^a   Lyles, Robert H ^b   Dunbar, Virginia G ^c   Panayioto, Rita M ^c   Berkowitz, Kathy J ^c   Boyd, Barbara ^c   Broussard, Sandra ^c   George, Christopher D ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABLED PERSON; DISEASE DURATION; DYSLEXIA; EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTPATIENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 20444402242     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145721705277022     Document Type: Review

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