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To describe Latino beliefs about diabetes and assess heterogeneity in beliefs across different groups. This study comprised a survey of 161 representative Latino adults from four diverse communities: Hartford, Connecticut; Edinburg, Texas; Guadalajara, Mexico; and rural Guatemala. A 130-item questionnaire covered causes symptoms, and treatments for diabetes. Information on demographics and acquaintanceship with someone with diabetes was also collected. The cultural consensus model was used to analyze the variation in responses to determine whether the degree of consistency within and between samples was sufficient to warrant aggregation and description as a single set of beliefs. Homogeneous beliefs were present within each of the four samples. Although variability in responses increased significantly from Connecticut to Guatemala …