A St. Mary's University study on working San Antonians who are living with diabetes will examine how the disease affects workforce participation in Bexar County.
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Lead researcher for the project and St. Mary’s associate professor of economics Belinda Román said talks with the National Science Foundation included a specific interest in why San Antonio’s diabetes rates remain higher than the national average. The study will focus on gestational and type 2 diabetes.
“How does your health influence what happens when you work?” Román asked. “You’re going to miss work, you might have other health issues, and that influences how much money you earn, how much you can save, whether or not you can buy a house. We need to really understand this, but at a ground level.”, 13% of adults in the county have been diagnosed with diabetes. Of that population, 14.2% are Black and 13.5% are Hispanic.
The underserved and high-risk communities the study will measure are on the far South Side, said Elizabeth Lutz, executive director of the Health Collaborative, which compiles and publishes data across the area. And that data shows the far South Side is a resource desert, she said.
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