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RESULTS In interviews and focus groups, participant narratives conceptualized barriers to diabetes prevention in much broader terms than merely thinking about diet and levels of physical activity. Our analysis of the data revealed opinions and experiences related to people’s ability to live a

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Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, Volume 6, Issue 2, Summer 2013

healthy lifestyle that would prevent diabetes in terms of six themes: (a) Money and cost; (b) Stress and fear; (c) Being physically active is challenging; (d) People eat unhealthy food; (e) Food as social practice; and, (f) People’s lack of information (Page-Reeves et al., n.d.). Using a structural violence framework, the issue of fear stood out as an important cross-cutting factor that affects how an individual approaches day-to-day living. In interviews with the key community members, as well as in focus group sessions, we identified three main dimensions of fear in participant discussion of diabetes and health: (a) Cost; (b) Language, Discrimination and Immigration Status; and (c) Cultural Disconnect. Here we use these dimensions to further conceptualize and explore the theme of fear in relation to diabetes and health disparities.