Dr. Rocio Huet, MD, Huet Health & Wellness Clinic, Alcoa, TN

Dr. Huet is the Chair of the Cultural Diversity Committee for the Knoxville Academy of Medicine, and also serves on the Latino Health Coalition in Tennessee's Office of Minority Health.

Dr. De Ann Pendry, UT Department of Anthropolgy

Content Outline

1. Provider assumptions of low-income diabetic patients
2. Dynamics of the provider-patient interaction
3. Health education approaches by nurses
4. Provider use of Spanish & English in patient interactions

De Ann Pendry will speak about her work with Mexican Americans and diabetes in San Antonio, TX. She will also discuss her research related to provider-patient communication and the health education/health promotion interventions used with Mexican American diabetic patients.