Legitimizing diabetes as a community health issue: A case analysis of an Aboriginal community in Canada

Health Promotion International

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-326

  Bisset, Sherri ^a   Cargo, Margaret ^b,c   Delormier, Treena ^a,b   Macaulay, Ann C ^b,d   Potvin, Louise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; Community mobilization; Program implementation

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4444230517     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dah305     Document Type: Article

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