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UTEP Awarded Grant to Expand Men's Diabetes Program

Researcher(s) Keywords:

  1. type 2 diabetes
  2. stress
  3. mental health
  4. Hispanic health disparities
  5. cultural health beliefs
  6. Social Assistance and Health Policy
  7. Poverty
  8. Political and Civic Behavior
  9. Global Health
  10. Food Insecurity
  11. Community Engaged Scholarship

Featured Researcher(s):

Concha, Jeannie
College: Health Sciences
Department: Public Health Sciences
Schober, Gregory
College: Health Sciences
Department: Rehabilitation Sciences
UTEP Awarded Grant to Expand Men's Diabetes Program
Date: June 12, 2019



The Diabetes Garage, a men’s diabetes management and self-care program, will offer men in Texas who have the disease the gift of health to last a lifetime. With support from a $324,800 grant, Jeannie Concha, Ph.D., assistant professor in UTEP’s Department of Public Health Sciences, will implement the program in El Paso and in two other Texas cities by 2021.


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