Developing a family-based diabetes program for Latino immigrants: Do men and women face the same barriers?

Family and Community Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 280-290

  Cherrington, Andrea ^a   Ayala, Guadalupe X ^b   Scarinci, Isabel ^a   Corbie Smith, Giselle ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

diabetes; gender differences; Latino health; self management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052744044     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e31822b5359     Document Type: Article

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