Towards a conceptual model of diabetes self-management among Chinese immigrants in the United States

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 6727-6742

  Zeng, Bin ^a   Sun, Wenjie ^b,c   Gary, Rebecca A ^d   Li, Changwei ^c   Liu, Tingting ^d  

^a SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b GUANGDONG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese immigrants; Conceptual model; Diabetes self management; Transcultural health; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIABETES; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; IMMIGRANT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC CONFLICT; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENDER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; AGE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; CHINA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNOLOGY; MIGRANT; PROCEDURES; SEX DIFFERENCE;

UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEHAVIOR; CHINA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903385983     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110706727     Document Type: Article

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