The twin epidemics of poverty and diabetes: Understanding diabetes disparities in a low-income Latino and immigrant neighborhood

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1032-1043

  Chaufan, Claudia ^a   Davis, Meagan ^a   Constantino, Sophia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food environments; Poverty; Right to health; Social determinants of health; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; SOCIOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY AREAS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80755188867     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9406-2     Document Type: Article

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