Marital Status as a Proxy Measure of Social Support and its Influence on Health Status and Depression Rates

Marital Status as a Proxy Measure of Social Support and its Influence on Health Status and Depression Rates

Diabetes disproportionately affects minority populations. Social support, and more specifically marriage, has been found to buffer the negative effects of diabetes and depression. Data collected from African Americans with type 2 diabetes in Atlanta and NHANES data were compared to examine whether m...

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Main Author: Vogel, Octavia L
Format: Others
Published: Digital Archive @ GSU 2008
Subjects:
glycemic control
dysthymia
recurrent depression
hemoglobin A1c
marital status
depressive disorders
blacks
major depression disorder
health status
depression
marriage
type 2 diabetes
African Americans
social support
Public Health
Online Access:http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/49
http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1048&context=iph_theses

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