Gender, ethnocultural, and psychosocial barriers to diabetes self-management in Italian women and men with type 2 diabetes

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 153-160

  Ponzo, Marisa G ^a   Gucciardi, Enza ^a   Weiland, Mary ^a   Masi, Ralph ^a   Lee, Ruth ^b   Grace, Sherry L ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b Hamilton Health Services Center   (New Zealand)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diet; Gender; Self management

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; CULTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33644667741     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/BMED.31.4.153-160     Document Type: Article

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