Edwin B. Fisher

Cross-cultural and international adaptation of peer support for diabetes management (2009)

Fisher, Edwin B, Earp, Jo Anne, Maman, Suzanne, Zolotor, Adam

Peer support may improve self-management among the millions of people with diabetes around the world. A major challenge to international promotion of peer support is allowing for tailoring to...

Cross-cultural and international adaptation of peer support for diabetes management (2009)

Fisher, Edwin B, Earp, Jo Anne, Maman, Suzanne, Zolotor, Adam

Peer support may improve self-management among the millions of people with diabetes around the world. A major challenge to international promotion of peer support is allowing for tailoring to...

External validity: we need to do more (2006)

Glasgow, Russell E., Green, Lawrence W., Klesges, Lisa M., Abrams, David B., Fisher, Edwin B., Goldstein, Michael G., ...

The article discusses the implications of two health research trends for improving the design, review and reporting of research and evaluation studies in the U.S. The first trend is the gap between...

I Get by with a Little Help from my Family and Friends: Adolescents' Support for Diabetes Care (1995)

La Greca, Annette M., Auslander, Wendy F., Greco, Peggy, Spetter, Dante, Fisher, Edwin B., Santiago, Julio V.

Evaluated and compared the support provided by family members and friends for adolescents' diabetes care. Family and friend support also were examined in relation to other measures of social support,...

Retiree's perceived incentives and barriers to participation in health promotion activities (1988)

Cornell, Cathleen M, Davies, Ruth M., Rosenberg, Angela M., Fisher, Edwin B.

The present study assessed interest in health promotion activities, current and past involvement in health-promotion behaviors, and perceived incentives and barriers to participation in health...

Two fear of failure motives and their comparison in relation to persistence, scores on Rotter's Internal-External scale, and attitudes toward a real achievement situation (1968)

Fisher, Edwin B.

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Ecological Approaches to Self-Management: The Case of Diabetes

Fisher, Edwin B., Brownson, Carol A., O’Toole, Mary L., Shetty, Gowri, Anwuri, Victoria V., Glasgow, Russell E.

In the Diabetes Initiative of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, an ecological perspective helped identify the following key resources and supports for self-management (RSSM): individualized...