Aging and Chronic Illness in Language and Sexuality

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Peel ◽  
Sonja J. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Public Health ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Older People ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
The Social

An aging demographic in Western societies as well as globally has made public health issues, such as dementia, subject to hyperbolic metaphor such as “tsunami” and “time bomb.” This chapter reviews the state of knowledge regarding language, sexualities, aging, and chronic illness. In particular, the discussion focuses on discursive research from across the social sciences that furthers understandings of older people’s lives and experiences. The chapter highlights research that has focused on ageism and chronic conditions impacting older people (specifically, dementia and type 2 diabetes), including empirical research on these conditions, and on manifestations of heterosexism and heteronormativity in these contexts. Using illustrative examples that emphasize the intersection of discourse and issues that relate to aging, the chapter foregrounds this area as an important element of language and sexuality scholarship. Last, future directions for the development of research focusing on these topics are indicated.

scholarly journals Aging and Chronic Illness in Language and Sexuality

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Peel ◽  
Sonja J. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Public Health ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Older People ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
The Social

An aging demographic in Western societies as well as globally has made public health issues, such as dementia, subject to hyperbolic metaphor such as “tsunami” and “time bomb.” This chapter reviews the state of knowledge regarding language, sexualities, aging, and chronic illness. In particular, the discussion focuses on discursive research from across the social sciences that furthers understandings of older people’s lives and experiences. The chapter highlights research that has focused on ageism and chronic conditions impacting older people (specifically, dementia and type 2 diabetes), including empirical research on these conditions, and on manifestations of heterosexism and heteronormativity in these contexts. Using illustrative examples that emphasize the intersection of discourse and issues that relate to aging, the chapter foregrounds this area as an important element of language and sexuality scholarship. Last, future directions for the development of research focusing on these topics are indicated.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Mari Armstrong-Hough
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Differences ◽  
The Social

This chapter introduces the type 2 diabetes epidemics of Japan and the United States, noting national differences in response to the epidemics among medical, public health, and patient communities. It summarizes the tradition of approaching medicine as a social enterprise in the social sciences, describes the organization of the book, and motivates its central theoretical and empirical questions.

scholarly journals Education for type 2 diabetes mellitus self-care: from compliance to empowerment

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (30) ◽  
pp. 93-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Pithon Cyrino ◽  
Lilia Blima Schraiber ◽  
Ricardo Rodrigues Teixeira
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Degenerative Diseases ◽  
Cognitive Autonomy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Transmission Of Information ◽  
Traditional Approaches

Through a critical review of the literature on education for diabetes self-care and self-management, it was sought to point out the inappropriateness of traditional approaches towards compliance with treatment and transmission of information, considering the complexity of self-care under chronic conditions. The influence of the social sciences on the field of studies on chronic degenerative diseases in general, and diabetes in particular, was explored. From this perspective, it can be recognized that the fields of anthropology and sociology have been incorporated into research focusing more on individuals as patients, and on the experience gained through this process. Recently, there has been a slight change within the field of health education research relating to diabetes, with the introduction of strategies that seek to value the experience and autonomy of patients as self-care agents. This paper discusses the strategy for empowerment in education for diabetes self-care and self-management, as a dialogue-focused practice that respects patients' moral and cognitive autonomy.

scholarly journals Recommendations for healthier hydration: addressing the public health issues of obesity and type 2 diabetes

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 115-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. E. Armstrong ◽  
S. Barquera ◽  
J. ‐F. Duhamel ◽  
R. Hardinsyah ◽  
D. Haslam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
The Public

Lifestylisation of the social: The government of diabetes care in Denmark

2020 ◽  
pp. 136345931989945
Author(s):  
Sine Grønborg Knudsen ◽  
Peter Triantafillou
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Diabetes Care ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Individual

Since the 1970s, the public authorities of many OECD countries have emphasised the need for preventing lifestyle diseases and promoting the vigour of their populations. Based on the Foucauldian analytics of dispositive, we critically address some of the normative implications of the preventive interventions in the area of type 2 diabetes care. Through an analysis of public health documents from 1981 to 2016, it is shown that the government of lifestyle was extended and institutionalised by a reform of the Danish public sector in 2007. Following the reform, rationalities of public health policies sought to prevent unhealthy lifestyles not only through individual behaviour but also through the social surroundings of citizens. In contrast to the claim that we are seeing a retraction of state responsibility and interventions in the area of public health, it is suggested that we are witnessing an expansion in state ambitions expressed through a lifestyle dispositive. These ambitions are less about transferring the responsibility to the individual and more about governing and mobilising the social relations and environments of type 2 diabetes patients and citizens in general to make the everyday choice of a healthy lifestyle easier.

scholarly journals Vitamin Intake and Loss of Muscle Mass in Older People with Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Study of the KAMOGAWA-DM Cohort

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 2335
Author(s):  
Fuyuko Takahashi ◽  
Yoshitaka Hashimoto ◽  
Ayumi Kaji ◽  
Ryosuke Sakai ◽  
Yuka Kawate ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Vitamin D ◽  
Older People ◽  
Vitamin B12 ◽  
Muscle Mass ◽  
Vitamin B1 ◽  
Vitamin D Intake ◽  
Glucagon Like Peptide 1

The aim of this prospective cohort study was to examine the relationships between the intakes of various vitamins and the loss of muscle mass in older people with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The change in skeletal muscle mass index (SMI, kg/m2) (kg/m2/year) was defined as follows: (SMI at baseline (kg/m2) − SMI at follow-up (kg/m2))/follow-up period (year). The rate of SMI reduction (%) was calculated as follows (the change in SMI (kg/m2/year)/SMI at baseline (kg/m2)) × 100. The rate of SMI reduction ≥ 1.2% was considered as the loss of muscle mass. Among 197 people with T2DM, 47.2% of them experienced the loss of muscle mass at the 13.7 ± 5.2 month follow-up. Vitamin B1 (0.8 ± 0.3 vs. 0.8 ± 0.3 mg/day, p = 0.031), vitamin B12 (11.2 ± 8.3 vs. 13.4 ± 7.5 μg/day, p = 0.049), and vitamin D (16.5 ± 12.2 vs. 21.6 ± 13.0 μg/day, p = 0.004) intakes in people with the loss of muscle mass were significantly lower than those without. Vitamin D intake was related to the loss of muscle mass after adjusting for sex, age, exercise, alcohol, smoking, body mass index, SMI, glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist, sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor, insulin, HbA1c, creatinine, energy intake, and protein intake (adjusted odds ratio 0.93, 95% confidence interval: 0.88–0.97, p = 0.003). This study showed that vitamin D intake was related to the loss of muscle mass in older people with T2DM. Vitamin B12 intake tended to be related to the loss of muscle mass, although vitamin A, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin C, and vitamin E intake were not related.

scholarly journals I am a rock; I am an island: Implications of avoidant attachment for communal coping in adults with type 2 diabetes

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 3711-3732
Author(s):  
Meredith Van Vleet ◽  
Vicki S. Helgeson
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Current Investigation ◽  
Heterosexual Couples ◽  
Communal Coping ◽  
Diabetes Outcomes ◽  
Avoidant Attachment

Accumulating evidence indicates that communal coping is beneficial for individuals with chronic illness. The current investigation examined attachment as a moderator of the effects of communal coping in a sample of persons with type 2 diabetes. We hypothesized that patient communal coping would be associated with higher relationship quality, lower distress, and better diabetes outcomes for patients low in avoidant attachment, but it would not be beneficial for patients high in avoidant attachment. Patient communal coping was coded from videotaped interactions in which 86 heterosexual couples discussed difficulties managing diabetes. The results indicated that patient communal coping was beneficial when avoidant attachment was low. When avoidant attachment was high, patient communal coping was related to lower relationship quality and higher distress and was unrelated to diabetes outcomes. This work sheds light on potential boundary conditions of communal coping’s benefits, which will be important to consider in future communal coping interventions.

Enhancing care in older people with type 2 diabetes

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan J Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Older People
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