PMID- 38152995
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20240226
LR  - 20240226
IS  - 1552-7832 (Electronic)
IS  - 1043-6596 (Linking)
VI  - 35
IP  - 2
DP  - 2024 Mar
TI  - Understanding Diabetes Self-Management Among Vietnamese Americans: A Focused 
      Ethnography.
PG  - 142-150
LID - 10.1177/10436596231217698 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION: The Vietnamese American (VA) population is projected to grow to 3.9 
      million by 2030. This demographic shift could affect health care cost as VAs have 
      greater susceptibility for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Few studies have 
      explored diabetes self-management (DSM) among VAs. The aim of this study was to 
      explore and describe how VAs with T2DM perceive diabetes and DSM practices. 
      METHOD: A focused ethnographic design, using semi-structured interviews and 
      participant observation, was used to understand DSM among VAs. RESULTS: The 
      following four themes emerged: (a) defining diabetes and its etiology, (b) body 
      awareness as a way of managing diabetes, (c) maintaining strength after being 
      diagnosed with diabetes, and (d) navigating sources of information regarding 
      diabetes. DISCUSSION: The study findings suggest that DSM is a complex and 
      recursive process, with integrations of cultural practices and influences from 
      the environment. These findings can help the development of culturally tailored 
      interventions to assist with DSM.
FAU - Sheen, Linda H
AU  - Sheen LH
AUID- ORCID: 0009-0007-9789-0407
AD  - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA.
FAU - Casarez, Rebecca
AU  - Casarez R
AD  - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA.
FAU - Gallagher, Martina R
AU  - Gallagher MR
AD  - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA.
FAU - Elizabeth Hayes, Alexis
AU  - Elizabeth Hayes A
AD  - Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX, USA.
FAU - Diep, Cassandra S
AU  - Diep CS
AD  - Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
FAU - Engebretson, Joan
AU  - Engebretson J
AD  - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20231228
PL  - United States
TA  - J Transcult Nurs
JT  - Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing 
      Society
JID - 9001407
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/therapy
MH  - Asian
MH  - *Self-Management
MH  - Health Behavior
MH  - Anthropology, Cultural
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Vietnamese Americans
OT  - diabetes mellitus
OT  - diabetes self-management
COIS- Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts 
      of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this 
      article.
EDAT- 2023/12/28 06:42
MHDA- 2024/02/26 06:44
CRDT- 2023/12/28 05:42
PHST- 2024/02/26 06:44 [medline]
PHST- 2023/12/28 06:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/12/28 05:42 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/10436596231217698 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Transcult Nurs. 2024 Mar;35(2):142-150. doi: 10.1177/10436596231217698. Epub 
      2023 Dec 28.