"We are out of balance here": A Hmong cultural model of diabetes

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 179-190

  Culhane Pera, Kathleen A ^a,b,c   Her, Cheng ^d,e   Her, Bee ^f  

^a West Side Community Health Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Gundersen Lutheran Clinic in La Crosse ^*  (United States)

^d GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f ROSEMAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Diabetes mellitus; Hmong

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROUP DYNAMICS; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFUGEES;

EID: 33847783303     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-006-9029-3     Document Type: Article

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