Nurse-community health worker team improves diabetes care in American Samoa: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Diabetes Care

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1947-1953

  De Pue, Judith D ^a,b   Dunsiger, Shira ^a,b   Seiden, Andrew D ^b,c   Blume, Jeffrey ^d   Rosen, Rochelle K ^a,b   Goldstein, Michael G ^e   Nu'usolia, Ofeira ^f   Tuitele, John ^f   McGarvey, Stephen T ^b,c  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VHA National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention   (United States)

^f American Samoa Community Health Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AMERICAN SAMOA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN SAMOA; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84885986189     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc12-1969     Document Type: Article

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