Advancing Black Men’s Type 2 Diabetes Healthcare Through Addressing Gender-centered Social Norms, Cognitive Scripts, and Manhood: An Integrated Public Health Approach for Reducing T2D Disparities

In the United States, the burden of type 2 diabetes (T2D) health complications and outcomes is higher in Black men, and the diabetes disparities are escalating. Previous evidence-based research underscored the need to explore gender-specific experiences of chronic illness in social-cultural, historical, and clinical contexts. Our community-engaged qualitative study focused on learning from the live experiences of Black men (