TY - JOUR
T1 - Applying the social ecological theory to Type 2 diabetes prevention and management
AU - Whittemore, Robin
AU - Melkus, Gail D.Eramo
AU - Grey, Margaret
N1 - Funding Information:
Requests for reprints should be sent to Robin Whittemore, Yale University School of Nursing, 100 Church Street South, New Haven, CT 06535. E-mail: [email protected] 1This work was supported in part by Grant F32NR07823 from NINR and the Roche Diagnostics Award from the American Association of Diabetes Educators to Robin Whittemore.
PY - 2004/6
Y1 - 2004/6
N2 - Obesity and Type 2 diabetes have become major public health problems in the United States. Community health nurses, with expertise in preventive health care, have the potential to play a vital role in addressing these significant health issues. The purposes of this article are to identify current challenges related to obesity and Type 2 diabetes and to present the social ecological theory as a framework for the expansion of the reach of diabetes prevention and management that is relevant to community health nurses.
AB - Obesity and Type 2 diabetes have become major public health problems in the United States. Community health nurses, with expertise in preventive health care, have the potential to play a vital role in addressing these significant health issues. The purposes of this article are to identify current challenges related to obesity and Type 2 diabetes and to present the social ecological theory as a framework for the expansion of the reach of diabetes prevention and management that is relevant to community health nurses.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15327655jchn2102_03
DO - 10.1207/s15327655jchn2102_03
M3 - Article
C2 - 15123438
AN - SCOPUS:2542450126
SN - 0737-0016
VL - 21
SP - 87
EP - 99
JO - Journal of Community Health Nursing
JF - Journal of Community Health Nursing
IS - 2
ER -