Family history of diabetes, awareness of risk factors, and health behaviors among African Americans

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 907-912

  Baptiste Roberts, Kesha ^a   Gary, Tiffany L ^a   Beckles, Gloria L A ^b   Gregg, Edward W ^b   Owens, Michelle ^b   Porterfield, Deborah ^c   Engelgau, Michael M ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; GENETICS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 34247213939     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.077032     Document Type: Article

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