Diabetes prevention education program for community health care workers in Thailand

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 610-618

  Sranacharoenpong, Kitti ^a   Hanning, Rhona M ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community health care workers; Diabetes prevention education program; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; THAILAND;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; THAILAND;

EID: 84864065074     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9491-2     Document Type: Article

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