TY - JOUR
T1 - Negotiating Diet in Networks
T2 - A Cross-European Study of the Experiences of Managing Type 2 Diabetes
AU - Knutsen, Ingrid Ruud
AU - Foss, I. Christina
AU - Todorova, Elka
AU - Roukova, Poli
AU - Kennedy, Anne
AU - Portillo, Mari Carmen
AU - Regaira, Elena
AU - Serrano-Gil, Manuel
AU - Lionis, Christos
AU - Angelaki, Agapi
AU - Rogers, Anne
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - diabetes
KW - Europe
KW - illness and disease chronic
KW - qualitative analysis
KW - research cross-language
KW - self-care
KW - social support
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85009789138&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1049732315610318
DO - 10.1177/1049732315610318
M3 - Article
C2 - 26515920
AN - SCOPUS:85009789138
SN - 1049-7323
VL - 27
SP - 299
EP - 310
JO - Qualitative Health Research
JF - Qualitative Health Research
IS - 3
ER -