Zimbabwean diabetics' beliefs about health and illness: an interview study

Hjelm, Katarina; Mufunda, Esther

doi:10.1186/1472-698x-10-7

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Zimbabwean diabetics' beliefs about health and illness: an interview study

Published in BMC International Health and Human Rights • May 12, 2010

Authors:

Katarina Hjelm

Esther Mufunda

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing globally, with the greatest increase in Africa and Asia. In Zimbabwe a threefold increase was shown in the 1990s. Health-related behaviour is important in maintaining health and is determined by individual beliefs about health and illness but has seen...

Subject

Medicine

Public health

Disease

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