Beliefs about health and illness in Swedish and African-born women with gestational diabetes living in Sweden

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1374-1386

  Hjelm, Katarina ^a   Berntorp, Kerstin ^b   Apelqvist, Jan ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beliefs about health illness; Care seeking behaviour; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Migrants Africans; Self care; Sweden

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN;

AFRICA; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84859775354     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03834.x     Document Type: Article

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