Building Community Capacity for Health Promotion in a Hispanic Community
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چکیده
The Latino Education Project (LEP) is conducting a multilevel Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) 2010 diabetes prevention project in Nueces County, one of 12 counties located in the Coastal Bend area of south Texas. Nueces County is characterized by high levels of poverty and diabetes-related complications and disability. The LEP chose a community capacity-building approach to diabetes prevention and health promotion to help midlife and elderly Latinos increase their ability to prevent, control, and manage diabetes and associated disabilities.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Preventing Chronic Disease
دوره 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007