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Rationale and design of the Miami Healthy Heart Initiative: a randomized controlled study of a community health worker intervention among Latino patients with poorly controlled diabetes

BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes mellitus disproportionately affects the Latino community. Latinos with diabetes are also less likely to have adequate control of cardiovascular risk factors such as cholesterol and blood pressure. Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly being used to address vari...

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Autores principales: Carrasquillo, Olveen, Patberg, Elizabeth, Alonzo, Yisel, Li, Hua, Kenya, Sonjia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3942117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24600243
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S56250