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Advances in Preventive Medicine
Volume 2011, Article ID 365132, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/365132
Research Article

Impact of a Booklet about Diabetes Genetic Susceptibility and Its Prevention on Attitudes towards Prevention and Perceived Behavioral Change in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Their Offspring

Masakazu Nishigaki,1 Eiko Sato,1,2 Ryota Ochiai,1 Taiga Shibayama,1,3 and Keiko Kazuma1

1Department of Adult Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
2Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Care, Kiryu University, Gunma, Japan
3Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Institute of Nursing Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Received 28 July 2010; Revised 6 September 2010; Accepted 14 September 2010

Academic Editor: Jodie McVernon

Copyright © 2011 Masakazu Nishigaki et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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