‘DIABETES HEALTH BELIEFS’ AND EVERYDAY SELF-CARE

Posted on September 10, 2015

In this presentation, the diabetes health beliefs that emerged from a qualitative population-based research study at seven public primary health care clinics in the district of Tshwane, Gauteng Province, South Africa were discussed. The perceptions about diabetes in particular and health beliefs in general are determining factors regarding the participants’ reasoning about their present quality of life and future life with diabetes. 

- Author Dr Mariana Pietersen

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