Attitudes Regarding Participation in a Diabetes Screening Test among an Assyrian Immigrant Population in Sweden

• Main Authors: Susanne Andersson (Author), Veronika Karlsson (Author), Louise Bennet (Author), Klas Fellbrant (Author), Margareta Hellgren (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Immigrants from the Middle East have higher prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared with native Swedes. The aim of the study was to describe and understand health beliefs in relation to T2D as well as attitudes regarding participation in a screening process in a local group of Ass...