A cultural lens to understanding daily experiences with type 2 diabetes self-management among clinic patients in m'bour, senegal

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-347

  Belue, Rhonda ^a   Diaw, Mor ^b   Ndao, Fatou ^a   Okoror, Titilayo ^c   Degboe, Arnold ^a   Abiero, Beatrice ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hospital de m'Bour   (Senegal)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SENEGAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CULTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SENEGAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84884585982     PISSN: 0272684X     EISSN: 15413519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IQ.33.4.b     Document Type: Article

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