Perceived body image among African Americans with type 2 diabetes

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 194-200

  Baptiste Roberts, Kesha ^a   Gary, Tiffany L ^a,d   Bone, Lee R ^a   Hill, Martha N ^b   Brancati, Frederick L ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Body image; Type 2 diabetes; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BALTIMORE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 31344451605     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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