Integrated care improves mental health in a medically underserved U.S.-Mexico border population.

Amy FlynnVeronica GonzalezMarco MataLuis A SalinasAbigail Atkins

Published in: Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare (2021)

Enabling access to services and providers to enhance participants' ability to manage their chronic disease led to positive impacts on mental health. The connection between QoL and diabetes has been of great interest to researchers, including the effects of relationships with promotoras(es). The impact of integrating care on QoL in this vulnerable population is discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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