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Cultural beliefs, such as fatalismo, impact the way Hispanic and Latino communities perceive and control chronic illnesses like diabetes. Faith and spirituality are important in their health behaviors. Family structure and gender roles influence decision-making in healthcare. Traditional healing practices, like folk remedies and consultation with curanderos, are common. Dietary habits, including staples like rice, beans, and tortillas prepared with lard, affect their unique health considerations. Other cultural influences include saint candles, anointing of the sick, and a list of remedies. Cultural influences on health behavior. Fatalismo, the belief in fatalismo, where chronic illnesses like diabetes are seen as predetermined within families, which affects perceptions of illness prevention and control. Faith and spirituality play vital roles in Hispanic and Latino health behaviors, providing strength and complement mechanisms during illness. Family structures and gender roles influence health care decision-making, with the eldest male often holding decision-making power. Common traditional healing practice, such as the use of folk remedies and consultation with the curanderos, or traditional healers, are prevalent among Hispanic and Latino populations. Dietary habits, including staples like rice, beans, and tortillas prepared with lard, contribute to the unique health considerations in the Hispanic and Latino community. A few examples of these cultural influences consist of saint candles, where each saint has a specialized and general religious function, curanderos, or these traditional healers, the anointing of the sick, which is required in life-threatening situations, and a list of remedies that everyone should know.