‘I didn’t expect to be so close to being diabetic’: beliefs of prediabetes and diabetes prevention among Hispanic men at a federally qualified health center
Influences potentially unique to Hispanic men in this setting included references to unhealthy foods environments, overwhelming working conditions, carbohydrate-rich cultural staples, and the threat of diabetes to self-perceptions of being head-of-family. These findings provide insight into Hispanic men's perceived barriers to engaging in preventative behaviors and motivators that can potentially facilitate their engagement in diabetes prevention.
Authors
- Noelia Hernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6644-9498)
- Cara Stephenson-Hunter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1380-3761)
- Christopher González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2916-4175)
- Hana R. Flaxman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0724-1742)
- Martin F. Shapiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1879-5430)
- Clarence N. Perez‐Mejia
Institutions
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ethnicity and Health
- Published
- 2024-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2024.2429410
- Primary Topic
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute