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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Digital Archive @ GSU
2008
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| Online Access: | http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/49 http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1048&context=iph_theses |