Type 2 diabetes management in nurse-led primary healthcare settings in urban and rural Cameroon

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 181-188

  Kengne, Andre Pascal ^a,b   Fezeu, Leopold ^b,c   Sobngwi, Eugene ^b,d   Awah, Paschal Kum ^b,e   Aspray, Terence J ^f   Unwin, Nigel C ^g   Mbanya, Jean Claude ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Health of Population in Transition (HOPIT) Research Group   (Cameroon)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^f SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Diabetes mellitus; Nurse led clinic; Primary healthcare; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CAMEROON; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349967972     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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