Health-illness transition experiences among Mexican immigrant women with diabetes.
Multiple and complex health-illness transitions are required for successful diabetes self-management. Diabetes health-illness transitions influence the daily lives and interactions of Mexican immigrant women with diabetes. This article reports the findings from an intervention study designed to facilitate the health-illness transition in Mexican immigrant women with type 2 diabetes who reside in the Arizona-Sonora region of the US-Mexico border. There was a significant (P<0.001) increase from preintervention to postintervention in diabetes knowledge and diabetes self-efficacy and a significant decrease (P <or= 0.001) in psychosocial and health-related behavior problems.
McEwen
Marylyn Morris
MM
College of Nursing, The University of Arizona, Tuson, AZ 85721, USA. mmcewen@nursing.arizona.edu
Baird
Martha
M
Pasvogel
Alice
A
Gallegos
Gwen
G
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support