Health-illness transition experiences among Mexican immigrant women with diabetes.
- Resource Type
- Academic Journal
- Authors
- McEwen MM; Baird M; Pasvogel A; Gallegos G
- Source
- Family & Community Health (FAM COMMUNITY HEALTH), Jul-Sep2007; 30(3): 201-212. (12p)
- Subject
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0160-6379
Multiple and complex health-illness transitions are required for successful diabetes self-management. Diabetes health-illness transitions influence the daily lives and interactions of Mexican immigrant women with diabetes. This article reports the findings from an intervention study designed to facilitate the health-illness transition in Mexican immigrant women with type 2 diabetes who reside in the Arizona-Sonora region of the US-Mexico border. There was a significant (P < 0.001) increase from preintervention to postintervention in diabetes knowledge and diabetes self-efficacy and a significant decrease (P = 0.001) in psychosocial and health-related behavior problems.