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Diabetes Risk Perception Among Immigrant and Racial/Ethnic Minority Adults in the United States.

Loretta HsuehJuan M PeñaAdam T HirshMary de GrootJesse C Stewart
Published in: The Diabetes educator (2019)
Foreign-born adults are less likely than US-born adults to report perceived risk for diabetes. Lower diabetes risk perception among immigrants could result in poorer preventative behaviors and later diabetes detection.
Keyphrases
  • type diabetes
  • cardiovascular disease
  • glycemic control
  • low birth weight
  • metabolic syndrome
  • gestational age
  • preterm infants
  • adipose tissue
  • real time pcr
  • sensitive detection