Researcher(s) Keywords:
- Hispanic health disparities
- cultural health beliefs
- stress
- mental health
- type 2 diabetes
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Date: July 11, 2018

Jeannie Concha, Ph.D., assistant professor in UTEP’s Department of Public Health Sciences, received a $25,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health - National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), to identify factors related to men’s participation in diabetes prevention and self-care behaviors. The data will be used to develop diabetes education programs for men and to enhance the services provided by the Diabetes Garage, a diabetes management program Concha designed for men in El Paso.
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