Mechanisms underlying the relationship between health literacy and glycemic control in American Indians and Alaska Natives

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-68

  Brega, Angela G ^a   Ang, Alfonso ^b   Vega, William ^b   Jiang, Luohua ^a   Beals, Janette ^a   Mitchell, Christina M ^a   Moore, Kelly ^a   Manson, Spero M ^a   Acton, Kelly J ^c   Roubideaux, Yvette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian health; Diabetes outcomes; Health literacy; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH LITERACY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MONITORING; SKILL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALASKA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84861957539     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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