Teaching how, not what: The contributions of community health workers to diabetes self-management

Diabetes Educator

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2007, Pages

  Davis, Kia L ^a   O'Toole, Mary L ^b   Brownson, Carol A ^b   Llanos, Patricia ^c   Fisher, Edwin B ^d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOUNDATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT EDUCATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347356646     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: 15546063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145721707304133     Document Type: Article

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