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SUMMARY:Culturally-Competent Diabetes Self-Management Intervention using B
 iomedical Technologies:   Patient Focus Groups
DESCRIPTION:Garrett Mitchell, Alec Smith, and Sherecce Fields (Texas A&M U
 niversity) and Farzan Sasangohar (Texas A&M University, Houston Methodist 
 Hospital)\n\nDiabetes is one of the leading preventable causes of death wi
 thin the United States, with roughly 11.6% of the population in the US hav
 ing diabetes. Technological solutions can be explored to ease the burden o
 f diabetes self management, however little is known about contributing fac
 tors to patient adoption and sustained use of such technologies in underse
 rved populations. This study aims to describe factors that promote and hin
 der diabetes self-management with health technology and elicit community m
 ember’s preferences towards a novel diabetes self-management intervention.
  A total of 51 participants diagnosed with various conditional types of di
 abetes were recruited and participated across five focus groups of various
  sizes. The transcribed focus group sessions were de-identified and underw
 ent thematic analysis. Through this process four major themes emerged: per
 ceived barriers to self-management, barrier mitigation strategies, self-ma
 nagement support with technology, and social support. Within each theme id
 entified there were further explored sub themes that expanded upon the spe
 cific thoughts and challenges patients experienced when using self-managem
 ent technologies. Our findings indicate that diabetes, regardless of condi
 tional diagnosis, may experience issues with self-management care programs
 , support systems targeting financial assistance, educational needs, and m
 ental/emotional challenges may promote Diabetes self-management program en
 rollment.\n\n
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