dc.contributor.advisor	Connor, Ulla, 1948-
dc.contributor.author	Ndiaye, Malick
dc.contributor.other	Smith, Frank M.
dc.contributor.other	Orlando, Honnor
dc.date	2009	en
dc.date.accessioned	2010-02-01T16:03:35Z
dc.date.available	2010-02-01T16:03:35Z
dc.date.issued	2010-02-01T16:03:35Z
dc.degree.date	2009	en
dc.degree.discipline	Department of English	en
dc.degree.grantor	Indiana University	en
dc.degree.level	M.A.	en
dc.description	Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)	en
dc.description.abstract	Talks about health literacy, beliefs about health of immigrants from the French speaking countries of West Africa in the USA. How they handle diabetes, navigate the health care system and how they get their information.	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1805/2050
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.7912/C2/371
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.subject	Health literacy, type 2 diabetes, African immigrants, health beliefs	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Immigrants -- United States	en
dc.subject.lcsh	West Africans -- Foreign countries	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Africa, West -- Social life and customs	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Diabetes -- Treatment	en
dc.title	The impact of health beliefs and culture on health literacy and treatment of diabetes among French speaking West African immigrants	en
dc.type	Thesis

The impact of health beliefs and culture on health literacy and treatment of diabetes among French speaking West African immigrants