1. Neighborhood Perceptions and Health-Related Outcomes Among Latinos with Diabetes from a Rural Agricultural Community
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Moreno, Gerardo, Morales, Leo S, Nuñez de Jaimes, Fatima, Tseng, Chi-Hong, Isiordia, Marilu, Noguera, Christine, and Mangione, Carol M
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Clinical Research ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Nutrition ,Diabetes ,Basic Behavioral and Social Science ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Adolescent ,Adult ,Aged ,Agriculture ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Diabetes Mellitus ,Type 2 ,Female ,Health Behavior ,Health Knowledge ,Attitudes ,Practice ,Hispanic or Latino ,Humans ,Male ,Medical Audit ,Middle Aged ,Outcome Assessment ,Health Care ,Rural Population ,Young Adult ,Latinos ,Neighborhood ,Health behaviors ,Rural ,Hispanic Americans ,Public Health and Health Services ,Public Health - Abstract
Little is known about how neighborhood perceptions are related to diabetes outcomes among Latinos living in rural agricultural communities. Our objective was to examine the association between perceived neighborhood problems and diabetes outcomes. This is a cross-sectional survey study with medical record reviews of a random sample of 250 adult Latinos with type 2 diabetes. The predictor was a rating of patient ratings of neighborhood problems (crime, trash and litter, lighting at night, and access to exercise facilities, transportation, and supermarkets). The primary outcomes were the control of three intermediate outcomes [LDL-cholesterol (LDL-c)
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- 2014