“They Care But Don’t Understand”: Family Support of African American Women With Type 2 Diabetes

Abstract

Healthcare providers can help improve communication with these women by actively seeking to meet their support needs and educating families so that provisional support is more meaningful and diabetes management more attainable.

Contextualizing the Effects of Yoga Therapy on Diabetes Management

“…56,61 Participants in one study emphasize that some family members are in denial or simply do not understand; they provide poor healthcare advice, particularly with regard to food choices. 62 Regarding PA, it appears that working women who remain physically active report lower family support but higher levels of social support from friends than women who are inactive. 35 Family conflict can mitigate the positive aspects of social support and increase the stress faced by those living with diabetes.…”

El automanejo de los pacientes con diabetes tipo 2: una revisión narrativa

“…Asimismo, el rol social de multicuidador que tenía la mujer africana dificultaba el ser ayudada por su familia en relación a su automanejo 41 .…”

“…Por el contrario, se identificaron cuatro estudios 23,35,41,44 , donde se mostraron resultados contradictorios. Según Jones y col 44 los pacientes percibían este soporte como positivo y negativo al mismo tiempo ya que la familia tenía pocos conocimientos sobre la enfermedad y sobre las necesidades específicas de los pacientes 44 .…”

“…Cuando la familia se convertía en un soporte negativo para el paciente, producía una sumisión y una disminución de su independencia a la hora de favorecer y continuar con su correcto automanejo ya que sustituían a los pacientes en el automanejo 41 .…”

Central Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome: Implications for Primary Care Providers

“…Persons with low economic and educational backgrounds tend to consume diets higher in fat and calories and rend to exercise less than other groups (Appel, Harrell, & Deng, 2002;Carter-Edwards, Jackson, Runaldue, & Sverkey, 2002). Further, persons without access to preventive health care may not be aware of their risk for the development of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, or cardiovascular disease and subsequently may not address their individual risk (Carter-Edwards, Skelly, Cagel & Appel, 2004;Cagel, Appel, Skelly & Carter-Edwards, 2002).…”