Margaret Everett (Sociology) conducts research on chronic disease management in Mexico

Margaret Everett is currently conducting research on the social determinants of diabetes in Oaxaca, Mexico, and the relationship between local beliefs and practices around diabetes management and the biomedical model. For the past two years she conducted interviews with diabetics and doctors in a low-income clinic near the city of Oaxaca in order to better understand patient and physician “Explanatory Models” of the disease.