Understanding barriers to and facilitators of diabetes control and prevention in the New York City Bangladeshi community: A mixed-methods approach

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 486-490

  Islam, Nadia Shilpi ^a   Tandon, Darius ^b   Mukherji, Runi ^c   Tanner, Michael ^a   Ghosh, Krittika ^d   Alam, Gulnahar ^a   Haq, Mamnunal ^a   Rey, Mariano Jose ^a   Trinh Shevrin, Chau ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Shakti Peer Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84857284915     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300381     Document Type: Article

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