"Diabetes is my companion": Lifestyle and self-management among good and poor control Mexican diabetic patients

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2223-2235

  de Alba Garcia, Javier Garcia ^a,b   Rocha, Ana L Salcedo ^a,b   Lopez, Ivette ^c   Baer, Roberta D ^d   Dressler, William ^e   Weller, Susan C ^f  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL CIVIL DE GUADALAJARA FRAY ANTONIO ALCALDE   (Mexico)

^c Science Research Center ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^f University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Glycemic control; Hispanics Latinos; Mexico; Qualitative research; Self management

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

DIABETES; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; LIFESTYLE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE DURATION; EATING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; MEXICO; MILK; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SELF CARE; WALKING;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

GUADALAJARA [JALISCO]; JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34247882714     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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