Material Need Support Interventions for Diabetes Prevention and Control: a Systematic Review

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Barnard, Lily S ^a   Wexler, Deborah J ^b,c   DeWalt, Darren ^d   Berkowitz, Seth A ^b,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes mellitus therapy; Food insecurity; Housing instability; Poverty; Social determinants of health; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

BASIC NEEDS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FOOD; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CATERING SERVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921855728     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-014-0574-1     Document Type: Review

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