Discovering successful strategies for diabetic self-management: a qualitative comparative study.

Objective: This project explored lifestyles of patients in good and poor control to identify naturally occurring practices and strategies that result in successful diabetes management.

Research Design And Methods: Semistructured interviews with adult patients with type 2 diabetes explored diet, food preparation, physical activity, medication use and glucose monitoring. Patients (n=56) were classified into good (A1C <7.

Ethnic and gender disparities in needed adolescent mental health care.

Psychological problems are overlooked and undertreated in adolescents, especially in low-income and ethnically-diverse youth. School-based health centers are one way to increase health care utilization, and may be particularly important for accessing hard-to-reach populations. The present study examines adolescents' psychological health and their experiences with receiving needed mental health care.

The relative effect of self-management practices on glycaemic control in type 2 diabetic patients in Mexico.

Objective: In this study, we examined the relative impact of self-management activities on glycaemic control in a population at high risk for developing complications.

Methods: Patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus of at least 1 year in duration at 30 years of age or older were sampled from the Instituto de Mexico Seguro Social (IMSS) Family Medicine Clinics in Guadalajara, Mexico (n=800). Demographic, clinical and health behaviour variables were used to predict good/poor glycaemic control, as measured by haemoglobin Alc (A1C).