Culturally Tailored Diabetes Prevention in the Workplace: Focus Group Interviews With Hispanic Employees

The Diabetes Educator

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 175-183

  Brown, Sharon A ^a   García, Alexandra A ^a   Steinhardt, Mary A ^a   Guevara, Henry ^a   Moore, Claire ^a   Brown, Adama ^a   Winter, Mary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926195164     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: 15546063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145721714567233     Document Type: Article

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