Explanatory models of diabetes in the U.S. and Mexico: The patient-provider gap and cultural competence

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1088-1096

  Weller, Susan C ^a   Baer, Roberta D ^b   Garcia de Alba Garcia, Javier ^c   Salcedo Rocha, Ana L ^c  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CIVIL DE GUADALAJARA FRAY ANTONIO ALCALDE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cultural consensus theory; Diabetes mellitus; Ethnicity; Explanatory models; Mexican Americans; Mexicans; Mexico; USA

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DIABETES; ETHNICITY; HEALTH WORKER; MATERIAL CULTURE; MODELING; SOCIAL THEORY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

GUADALAJARA [JALISCO]; JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863531235     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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