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Negotiating diet in networks: a cross-European study of the experiences of managing type 2 diabetes

Negotiating diet in networks: a cross-European study of the experiences of managing type 2 diabetes
Negotiating diet in networks: a cross-European study of the experiences of managing type 2 diabetes
Food and diet are central aspects of diabetes self-management but the relevance of social networks for the way people are supported in their management of type 2 diabetes is often under-acknowledged. In this article, we aimed to explore the coalescences between these two phenomena among people with type 2 diabetes to increase knowledge of interactions within social network related to daily diet. The article is based on 125 qualitative interviews with individuals with type 2 diabetes from five European countries. Based on assumptions that people with chronic illnesses reshape relationships through negotiation, we analyzed negotiations of food at different levels of network. The respondents’ reflections indicate that there are complex negotiations that influence self-management and food, including support, knowledge, and relationships within families; attention and openness in social situations; and the premises and norms of society.
diabetes, europe, illness and disease, chronic, qualitative analysis, research, cross-language, self-care, social support
1049-7323
299-310
Knutsen, Ingrid Ruud
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Knutsen, Ingrid Ruud, Foss, I. Christina, Todorova, Elka, Roukova, Poli, Kennedy, Anne, Portillo, Maria Carmen, Regaira, Elena, Serrano-Gil, Manuel, Lionis, Christos, Angelaki, Agapi and Rogers, Anne (2017) Negotiating diet in networks: a cross-European study of the experiences of managing type 2 diabetes. Qualitative Health Research, 27 (3), 299-310. (doi:10.1177/1049732315610318). (PMID:26515920)

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Food and diet are central aspects of diabetes self-management but the relevance of social networks for the way people are supported in their management of type 2 diabetes is often under-acknowledged. In this article, we aimed to explore the coalescences between these two phenomena among people with type 2 diabetes to increase knowledge of interactions within social network related to daily diet. The article is based on 125 qualitative interviews with individuals with type 2 diabetes from five European countries. Based on assumptions that people with chronic illnesses reshape relationships through negotiation, we analyzed negotiations of food at different levels of network. The respondents’ reflections indicate that there are complex negotiations that influence self-management and food, including support, knowledge, and relationships within families; attention and openness in social situations; and the premises and norms of society.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 28 October 2015
Published date: 1 February 2017
Keywords: diabetes, europe, illness and disease, chronic, qualitative analysis, research, cross-language, self-care, social support
Organisations: Faculty of Health Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 385361
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/385361
ISSN: 1049-7323
PURE UUID: 2ad20c37-66dd-4f54-b9b2-970d970e88e9
ORCID for Anne Kennedy: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4570-9104
ORCID for Maria Carmen Portillo: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1583-6612

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:51

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Author: Ingrid Ruud Knutsen
Author: I. Christina Foss
Author: Elka Todorova
Author: Poli Roukova
Author: Anne Kennedy ORCID iD
Author: Elena Regaira
Author: Manuel Serrano-Gil
Author: Christos Lionis
Author: Agapi Angelaki
Author: Anne Rogers

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