Health coaching by medical assistants to improve control of diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia in low-income patients: A randomized controlled trial

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 130-138

  Willard Grace, Rachel ^a   Chen, Ellen H ^a,b   Hessler, Danielle ^a   Devore, Denise ^a   Prado, Camille ^a   Bodenheimer, Thomas ^a   Thom, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allied health personnel; Chronic disease management; Health education; Medical assistants; Motivation; Practice based research; Primary care; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84924282863     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1768     Document Type: Article

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