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