"We Are All Gonna Get Diabetic These Days": The Impact of a Living Legacy of Type 2 Diabetes on Hispanic Young Adults' Diabetes Care

Conclusions
Hispanic young adults’ knowledge, attitudes, and self-care practices related to diabetes are strongly influenced by the diabetes management practices of family members with diabetes, which often depart from current standards of diabetes care. Care providers should consider family members as a potentially significant influence, either positive or negative, on the diabetes self-care practices of this population.

Source: The Diabetes Educator - September 17, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Pyatak, E. A., Florindez, D., Peters, A. L., Weigensberg, M. J. Tags: Features Source Type: research