Assessing Situational Awareness for Healthful Behaviors and the “Self-Care Gap” Among Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic Men With Chronic Conditions

Jeong-Hui Park, Cisneros Franco, C L, Bergeron, CD, Sherman, LD, Prochnow, T, Brandford, AA, Zumwalt, R, Smith, ML
October, 2025
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Abstract

Cross-sectional web-panel of 1,761 men ≥40 with chronic conditions. Higher situational awareness associated with more screenings, PA guideline adherence, social support, fatigue/stress; “self-care gap” larger with depression, fatigue, barriers to self-care, and healthcare frustrations; Hispanic men reported narrower gap than non-Hispanic Black men.

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2
Publication
Health Promotion Practice
situational awareness self-care men’s health health disparities Black Hispanic
Jeong-Hui Park
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.