RESUMO

Multiple and complex health-illness transitions are required for successful diabetes self-management. Diabetes health-illness transitions influence the daily lives and interactions of Mexican immigrant women with diabetes. This article reports the findings from an intervention study designed to facilitate the health-illness transition in Mexican immigrant women with type 2 diabetes who reside in the Arizona-Sonora region of the US-Mexico border. There was a significant (P<0.001) increase from preintervention to postintervention in diabetes knowledge and diabetes self-efficacy and a significant decrease (P

Assuntos

Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/psicologia , Emigração e Imigração , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Americanos Mexicanos/psicologia , Adaptação Psicológica , Adulto , Idoso , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/etnologia , Feminino , Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde , Humanos , Acontecimentos que Mudam a Vida , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Autoeficácia , Apoio Social