Abstract Practice Implications of What Couples Tell Us About Type 2 Diabetes Management

Diabetes is a significant and growing chronic health problem in the United States. Substantial research has doc-umented the consistently strong link between social relationships and health. With respect to diabetes, social relationships, and particularly marriage or cohabitation, have been shown to mediate lifestyle and med-ical surveillance behaviors, glycemic control, and other health outcomes. Further exploration of the marital or cohabiting relationship may be especially relevant to clinicians and educators because the self-care reg