Quality care improvement program in a community-based participatory research project: Example of project DIRECT

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1310-1321

  Din Dzietham, Rebecca ^a   Porterfield, Deborah S ^b   Cohen, Stuart J ^c   Reaves, Janet ^b   Burrus, Barri ^d   Lamb, Betty M ^e  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Community based participatory research; Continuous quality improvement program; Diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 4844225663     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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