The impact of promotoras on social support and glycemic control among members of a farmworker community on the US-Mexico border

Diabetes Educator

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2007, Pages

  Ingram, Maia ^a   Torres, Emma ^b   Redondo, Flor ^b   Bradford, Gail ^a   Wang, Chin ^c   O'Toole, Mary L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Campesinos Sin Fronteras   (United States)

^c Sunset Community Health Center   (United States)

^d Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Diabetes Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGRICULTURE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34347351401     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: 15546063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145721707304170     Document Type: Article

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