Evaluation of a Community Health Worker Pilot Intervention to Improve Diabetes Management in Bangladeshi Immigrants With Type 2 Diabetes in New York City

The Diabetes Educator

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 478-493

  Islam, Nadia S ^a   Wyatt, Laura C ^a   Patel, Shilpa D ^a   Shapiro, Ephraim ^a   Tandon, S Darius ^b   Mukherji, B Runi ^c,d   Tanner, Michael ^a   Rey, Mariano J ^a   Trinh Shevrin, Chau ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS CHILDREN S CENTER   (United States)

^c South Asian Council for Social Services   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880637773     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: 15546063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145721713491438     Document Type: Article

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