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Type 1 diabetes in young people: the impact of social environments on self-management issues from young people’s and parents’ perspectives.
Spencer, Joy Cooper, Helen Milton, Beth
Spencer, Joy
Cooper, Helen
Milton, Beth
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2014-02-08
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In the UK, young people with type 1 diabetes generally have poor glycaemic
control. Managing type 1 diabetes in young people is complex, and is underpinned
by relationships with significant others in the social environments they inhabit.
This qualitative study explores the social environments of young people with
type 1 diabetes and their potential influence on glycaemic control. Twenty young
people with type 1 diabetes and their parents (n=27) were interviewed about their
experiences in the environments of the home, with friends (social), at school and
in the diabetes clinic. It was found that the diabetes clinic was vital to the medical
management of type 1 diabetes, and the family provided stable support for most
young people with type 1 diabetes. However, there were barriers to self-management
in school and social environments. It was concluded that each family had a unique
story about the social factors in the environments they encountered that affected
self-management of type 1 diabetes.
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Spencer, J., Cooper, H., Milton, B. (2013). Type 1 diabetes in young people: the impact social environments on self-management issues from young people’s and parents’ perspectives. Diabetes Care for Children and Young People, 2(2), 48-57.
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SB Communications Group
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Diabetes Care for Children and Young People
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en