Health education in the management of diabetes at the primary health care level: Is there a gender difference?

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 18-23

  Abdelmoneim, I ^a   Al Homrany, M A ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN;

EID: 4444265090     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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