'Change means sacrificing a good life': Perceptions about severity of type 2 diabetes and preventive lifestyles among people afflicted or at high risk of type 2 diabetes in Iganga Uganda

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mayega, Roy W ^a,b   Etajak, Samuel ^a   Rutebemberwa, Elizeus ^a   Tomson, Goran ^b   Kiguli, Juliet ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diet; Lifestyle; Obesity; Perception; Physical activity; Self monitoring; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UGANDA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UGANDA;

EID: 84906922291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-864     Document Type: Article

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