Screening for diabetes in an African-American community: The project DIRECT experience

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1325-1331

  Porterfield, Deborah S ^a,b,e   Din, Rebecca ^b,g   Burroughs, Angela ^b,f   Burrus, Bam ^g   Petteway, Regina ^b,c   Treiber, Linda ^b,d   Lamb, Betty ^h   Engelgau, Michael ^h  

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

^b Project DIRECT   (United States)

^c Wake County Human Services   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^g MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Diabetes mellitus; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4844230624     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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