"Working hard with it": Self-management of type 2 diabetes by rural African Americans

Family and Community Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-205

  Utz, Sharon W ^a   Steeves, Richard H ^a   Wenzel, Jennifer ^b   Hinton, Ivora ^a   Jones, Randy A ^a   Andrews, Dana ^c   Muphy, Alison ^c   Oliver, M Norman ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Alternative therapies; Folio View software; Self managing; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE;

EID: 33746540649     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200607000-00006     Document Type: Article

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