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ORCID

Balkys Bivins 0009-0001-3376-7342

Publisher

Acta Scientific

ISSN

2582-3205

Publication Date

4-2019

Keywords

Haiti, type 2 diabetes mellitus, Haitians with diabetes, Haitian women with diabetes, management of diabetes in Haitians, management of diabetes in African Americans

Abstract

Diabetes is escalating at staggering levels in the United States and worldwide. This paper will present a review of relevant literature that supports the need for research in Haitian American women, a particularly vulnerable group, with type 2 diabetes mellitus. It will also unveil the cultural factors that pose challenges to the treatment and management of this condition.

Volume

1

Issue

1

First Page

3

Last Page

12

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