Barriers to self-management of diabetes: A qualitative study among low-income minority diabetics

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-32

  Onwudiwe, Nneka C ^a   Mullins, C Daniel ^a   Winston, Reed A ^b   Shaya, Faida T ^a   Pradel, Francoise G ^a   Laird, Aurelia ^b   Saunders, Elijah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b Bon Secours Baltimore Health System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Diabetes; Self management

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC DIET; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH LITERACY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALTIMORE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SELF CARE;

EID: 79955077339     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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