Testing the feasibility of an interactive learning styles measure for U.S. Latino adults with type 2 diabetes and low literacy

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 315-335

  Carbone, Elena T ^a   Lennon, Karen M ^a   Torres, M Idalí ^a   Rosal, Milagros C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547153636     PISSN: 0272684X     EISSN: 15413519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/88J7-1432-2377-55K7     Document Type: Article

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