The national eye health education program: Increasing awareness of diabetic eye disease among american indians and alaska natives

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 920-925

  Silver, Karen ^a   Williams, Meredith ^b   Macario, Everly ^b  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b IQ Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska natives; American indians; Cultural appropriateness; Diabetic eye disease; Focus groups; Program development; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; COMMUNICATION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 34848853763     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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