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Ethnic Identity And Type 2 Diabetes Health Attitudes In Americans Of African Ancestry, Jelena Brezo, Charmaine D. Royal, Franklin Ampy, Verle Headings
Ethnic Identity And Type 2 Diabetes Health Attitudes In Americans Of African Ancestry, Jelena Brezo, Charmaine D. Royal, Franklin Ampy, Verle Headings
Franklin Ampy
Background: Exploring the role of ethnic identity may be a good starting point toward a better understanding of health attitudes in different communities. This knowledge would be most useful in addressing diseases that cause significant burden and for which known prevention and morbidity-reducing strategies are effective.
Objective: The main objective was to investigate possible associations between measures of ethnic identity and health attitudes toward type 2 diabetes mellitus by using a questionnaire-based measure.