Ethnic identity and type 2 diabetes health attitudes in Americans of African ancestry

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 624-632

  Brezo, Jelena ^a,c   Royal, Charmaine ^b   Ampy, Franklin ^a   Headings, Verle ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

African American; Ethnicity; Health attitudes; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTPATIENT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 33749325722     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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