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Exploring Cultural Influences of Self-Management of Diabetes in Coastal Kenya: An Ethnography.
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Diabetes Diagnosis, Management, Prevention and Education in Guinea-Bissau
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Socio-structural and direct health challenges related to illness management among patients with type 2 diabetes in Kenya and Tanzania during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative inquiry.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Patient-Perceived Challenges to Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Qualitative Exploratory Study.The science of diabetes self-management and care · 2024Article
- Community beliefs and practices about diabetes and their implications for the prevention and management of diabetes in Southeast Ghana.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Lived experience of diet-related health education in type 2 diabetes and hypertension comorbidity in The Gambia.Health promotion international · 2023Article
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- The cultural beliefs and practices of diabetes self-management in Javanese diabetic patients: An ethnographic study.Heliyon · 2022Article
- Qualitative exploration into reasons for delay in seeking medical help with diabetic foot problems.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2021Article
- Barriers to and facilitators of diabetes self-management practices in Rupandehi, Nepal- multiple stakeholders' perspective.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Experiences of Patients on Natural Herbal Treatments for Diabetes Mellitus at the Diabetes Clinic in Base Hospital - Matara, Sri Lanka.Journal of patient experience · 2021Article
- The cultural practices ofHeliyon · 2020Article
- Factors associated with self-care practice among adult diabetes patients in West Shoa Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia.BMC health services research · 2018Article
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Abstract
In spite of increasing prevalence of diabetes among Kenyans and evidence suggesting Kenyans with diabetes maintain poor glycemic control, no one has examined the role of cultural attitudes, beliefs, and practices in their self-management of diabetes. The purpose of this ethnographic study was to describe diabetes self-management among the Swahili of coastal Kenya, and explore factors that affect diabetes self-management within the context of Swahili culture. Thirty men and women with type 2 diabetes from Lamu town, Kenya, participated in this study. Diabetes self-management was insufficiently practiced, and participants had limited understanding of diabetes. Economic factors such as poverty and the high cost of biomedical care appear to have more influence in self-management behavior than socio-cultural and educational factors do. Economic and socio-cultural influences on diabetes self-management should not be underestimated, especially in a limited resource environment like coastal Kenya, where biomedical care is not accessible or affordable to all.
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