A qualitative evaluation of racial disparities in glucose control

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-127

  Shacter, Hannah E ^a   Shea, Judy A ^b,c   Akhabue, Ehimare ^c   Sablani, Naveen ^c   Long, Judith A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Blood glucose; Diabetes mellitus; Health status disparities; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RACISM; SELF CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VETERAN;

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 67651208742     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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