Research article summary (published 24 Oct 2009):

The interdisciplinary approach to culturally tailored medical care: "Social networking" for decreasing risk: Comment on "The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial" and "Trial of family and friend support for weight loss in African American adults".

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Author information

Author/s: Mieres, Jennifer H (JH); Phillips, Lawrence M (LM);

Affiliation: Department of Medicine, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. Jennifer.Mieres(-atsign-)nyumc.org

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comment; Journal Article

Journal: Archives of internal medicine (Arch Intern Med), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Oct; vol 169 (issue 19) : pp 1804-5

Dates: Created 2009/10/27; Completed 2009/11/05;

PMID: 19858439, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/5/2009, IMS Date: )

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Comments and Corrections

CommentOn: Arch Intern Med. 2009 Oct 26;169(19):1788-94. (PMID: 19858437)

CommentOn: Arch Intern Med. 2009 Oct 26;169(19):1795-804. (PMID: 19858438)

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African Americans - statistics & numerical data Case Management Community Health Services Cultural Characteristics Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - blood; epidemiology; therapy Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data Family Friends Healthcare Disparities Humans

Nurse's Role Obesity - epidemiology; therapy Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data Patient Care Team Prevalence Self-Help Groups Social Support United States - epidemiology Urban Population - statistics & numerical data Weight Loss

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