Diabetes self-management in the migrant Latino population

Hispanic Health Care International

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-33

  Weiler, Dawn M ^a   Crist, Janice D ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Familism; Health disparities; Hispanic; Self management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL VALUE; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIGRANT WORKER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51849125444     PISSN: 15404153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/154041507780851941     Document Type: Article

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