The Relationship Between Diabetes Attitudes and Treatment Among Free Clinic Patients and Volunteers

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1186-1192

  Kamimura, Akiko ^a   Christensen, Nancy ^b   Nourian, Maziar M ^c   Myers, Kyl ^a   Saunders, AnnMarie ^c   Solis, Silvia P ^c   Ashby, Jeanie ^b   Greenwood, Jessica L J ^d   Reel, Justine J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Maliheh Free Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes attitudes; Diabetes education; Free clinics; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTAH; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UTAH; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84912033854     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-014-9875-1     Document Type: Article

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