Meeting the health care needs of a rural hispanic migrant population with diabetes

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-270

  Heuer, Loretta ^a,b,e   Hess, Carla W ^c   Klug, Marilyn G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b Migrant Health Service Inc   (United States)

^c HB Associates   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; NORTH DAKOTA; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 3042857406     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2004.tb00038.x     Document Type: Article

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