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

Olveen Carrasquillo,1,2 Elizabeth Patberg,1 Yisel Alonzo,1 Hua Li,2 Sonjia Kenya1 1Department of Medicine, 2Public Health Sciences, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus disproportionately affects the Latino community. Latinos with diab...

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Main Authors: Carrasquillo O, Patberg E, Alonzo Y, Li H, Kenya S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2014-02-01
Series:International Journal of General Medicine
Online Access:http://www.dovepress.com/rationale-and-design-of-the-miami-healthy-heart-initiative-a-randomize-a15975