# positions[].organizations[].label
Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences

# overview
Dr. Ledric Sherman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior at the School of Public Health at Texas A&M University. Dr. Sherman's research interests are focused on Type 2 diabetes self-management, Men's health, technology use to manage chronic illnesses, and health education and wellness promotion. Dr. Sherman's research agenda has two distinct lines of work. The first line is centered on reducing chronic disease disparities, pointedly type 2 diabetes, among ethnic minority men. This work seeks to inform the knowledge base regarding health disparities, particularly in type 2 diabetes prevention and management among populations and communities adversely impacted by health disparities. The second line of inquiry examines the intersection of race, gender, and geography. Dr. Sherman enjoys teaching and mentoring students to help prepare them for the next chapter in their in lives, both professionally and personally. Dr. Sherman has taught undergraduate courses in Environmental Health, Grant Writing, Healthy Lifestyles, Contemporary Issues for Community Health Interns and Introduction to Health Disparities and Diversity. He has taught graduate courses in Health Program Planning and Health Education Ethics for both masters and doctoral students.

# keywords[]
Communication With Health Care Providers

# keywords[]
8 Health And Social Care Services Research

# keywords[]
8.1 Organisation And Delivery Of Services

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

# publications[].label
Building Better Clinical Relationships With Patients: An Argument for Digital Health Solutions With Black Men.

# publications[].label
PREFERRED METHODS OF MANAGING AND TREATING TYPE 2 DIABETES AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN

# publications[].label
Too Important to Ignore: Leveraging Digital Technology to Improve Chronic Illness Management Among Black Men (Preprint)

# publications[].label
Experiences With Stress Among African American Men Living With Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Inquiry.

# publications[].label
PATIENT-PROVIDER COMMUNICATION ON SEXUAL HEALTH: A SCOPING REVIEW

# publications[].label
Web-Based Health Information Seeking Among African American and Hispanic Men Living With Chronic Conditions: Cross-sectional Survey Study (Preprint)

# publications[].label
The Association Between Health Belief Model Components and Self-Care Practices Among Black/African American Men with Type 2 Diabetes.

# publications[].label
A Qualitative Inquiry of Lower Extremity Disease Knowledge Among African Americans Living With Type 2 Diabetes.

# publications[].label
African American Fathers' Perceived Role for the Dietary Behaviors of Their Children: A Qualitative Study.

# publications[].label
Are health care providers making the most of patient encounters to promote HPV vaccination among cigarette smokers?

# publications[].label
Use of Digital Health Information for Health Information Seeking Among Men Living With Chronic Disease: Data From the Health Information National Trends Survey.

# publications[].label
Perspectives of Fear as a Barrier to Self-Management in Non-Hispanic Black Men With Type 2 Diabetes.

# publications[].label
An Analysis of the Recruitment and Participation of African American Men in Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management Research: A Review of the Published Literature.

# publications[].label
Current tobacco use patterns associated with healthcare utilization among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic men with chronic conditions.

# publications[].label
"The More I Do, the Better I'll Be": The Treatment Preferences of Type 2 Diabetes Among African American Men.

# publications[].label
A review of the application of social network analysis in predicting depression in adult populations

# publications[].publisher
PROSPERO International prospective register of systematic reviews

# publications[].label
Contextualizing the Chronic Care Model among Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic Men with Chronic Conditions.

# publications[].label
Process Evaluations of Diabetes Self-Management Programs: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

# publications[].label
A brotherhood perspective: how African American male relationships may improve trust and utilization of health care.

# publications[].label
Preventative diabetes self-care management practices among individuals with diabetes and mental health stress.

# publications[].label
A comprehensive literature review of theories and constructs utilized in type 2 diabetes self-care management research involving African-American men

# publications[].label
Web-Based Health Information Seeking Among African American and Hispanic Men Living With Chronic Conditions: Cross-sectional Survey Study.

# publications[].label
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health

# publications[].label
Too Important to Ignore: Leveraging Digital Technology to Improve Chronic Illness Management Among Black Men.

# publications[].label
AFRICAN AMERICAN FATHERS' PERCEIVED ROLE FOR THE DIETARY BEHAVIORS OF THEIR CHILDREN: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

# publications[].label
MIDDLE-AGED MEN'S HEALTH Patterns and Causes of Health Inequities during a Pivotal Period in the Life Course

# publications[].label
Personal Agency and Social Supports to Manage Health Among Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic Men With Diabetes.

# publications[].label
Experiences Among African American Community Members With Pharmacy-Based Immunization Services in Detroit, Michigan.

# publications[].label
Social support and diabetes self-management behavior among Caribbean, Caribbean American, and African American women: A descriptive correlation study

# publications[].label
"LITTLE EXERCISE IS BETTER THAN NO EXERCISE": MULTIPLE MEASURES OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG OLDER AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN

# publications[].label
Anxiety and depressive symptoms and missing breast cancer and cervical screening: results from Brazos valley community health survey.

# publications[].label
Understanding the essence and lived experience of self-care management among African-American men living with type 2 diabetes

# publications[].label
Blood Sugar and Brothers' Voices: An Exploratory Study Of The Self-Care Management Experiences of African-American Men Living With Type 2 Diabetes

# publications[].label
"If I Can Afford Steak, Why Worry About Buying Beans": African American Men's Perceptions of Their Food Environment.

# publications[].label
The Impact of Discrimination Beyond Sense of Belonging: Predicting College Students' Confidence in Their Ability to Graduate

# publications[].label
EXAMING THE ROLE OF FEAR IN MANAGING TYPE 2 DIABETES AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN

# publications[].label
Physical Activity Impacts of an Activity-Friendly Community: A Natural Experiment Study Protocol.

# publications[].label
Health Care Engagement in Disease Prevention and Management: Factors Influencing Chronic Disease Program Referral Adherence Among Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic Men With Chronic Conditions.

# publications[].label
Diabetes Self-Management Among Individuals With Diabetes and Physical Disabilities.

# publications[].label
Process Evaluations of Traditional, Group-Based Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Programs: A systematic review of the literature

# publications[].publisher
PROSPERO International prospective register of systematic reviews

# publications[].label
Patients' and providers' perspectives on sexual health discussion in the United States: A scoping review.

# publications[].label
Weve come this far by faith: Faith and spirituality as a facilitator to self-care management of type 2 diabetes among African-American men

# publications[].label
EXPERIENCES WITH STRESS AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN LIVING WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES: A QUALITATIVE INQUIRY

# publications[].label
Where are they? The inclusion of African-American men in empirical studies of type 2 diabetes self-care management

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; School of Public Health; 212 Adriance Lab Rd

# organizations[]
Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences

# organizations[]
Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences@en-US

# inTheNews[].label
Digital Technologies Could Remedy Health Disparities For Black Men