The impact of community health workers on behavioral outcomes and glycemic control of diabetes patients on the U.S.-mexico border

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-399

  Ryabov, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855496269     PISSN: 0272684X     EISSN: 15413519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IQ.31.4.f     Document Type: Article

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