Understanding why some women with a history of gestational diabetes do not get tested for diabetes

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Paez, Kathryn A ^a   Eggleston, Emma M ^b   Griffey, Susan J ^c   Farrar, Brandy ^a   Smith, Jacquelyn ^c   Thompson, Jennifer ^b   Gillman, Matthew W ^b  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BREAST FEEDING; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PUERPERIUM; REASSURANCE; SELF CARE; SELF MONITORING; WORK SCHEDULE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 84903385474     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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