Safety net or social barrier? Social networks and barriers to monitoring type 2 diabetes management among Black/African American men

Abstract

Cross-sectional study (N=1225) of Black/African American men with T2D linking egocentric network characteristics to Diabetes Care Profile monitoring barriers; very supportive alters and physically active networks relate to fewer barriers, while more diabetes-specific discussions and greater proportion of alters with T2D relate to more reported barriers.

Jeong-Hui Park

Assistant Professor University of Oklahoma

Jeong-Hui Park, PhD, is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science at the University of Oklahoma, following her doctoral training at Texas A&M University and postdoctoral research at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.