scholarly journals Stultitia and Type 2 Diabetes: The Madness of Not Wanting to Care for the Self

2013 ◽  
pp. 154-174
Author(s):  
Anders Kruse Ljungdalh
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Patient Education ◽  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Diabetes Education ◽  
The Self ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Shed Light

This paper explores the condition of stultitia, which is described by Michel Foucault in The Hermeneutics of the Subject as a condition one is in, before having started to care for the self.  The purpose is to shed light on one of the paradoxes of patient education by introducing and elaborating an aspect of Foucault’s literary activities, which has not, to my knowledge, been investigated empirically before.  To illustrate this condition, the paper targets the relation between type 2 diabetes, contemporary norms of healthy living, diabetes education, and the situation that sometimes occurs when individuals are not capable of, or motivated to, taking care of themselves.  It specifically targets a situation, which is both incomprehensible to health professionals and patients alike; when patients desire a healthy life, but at the same time do not pursue it according to the recommendations.  Thus, it is a condition of madness, which is investigated; madness in the sense that patients have internalised a rationality, against which their own behaviour rebels.

621-P: Digital Diabetes Education Program Improves Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Health Behaviors among People with Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 621-P
Author(s):  
ZACHARY WHITE ◽  
RYAN WOOLLEY ◽  
SHEILA AMANAT ◽  
KELLY MUELLER
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Diabetes Education

scholarly journals Development of a group-based diabetes education model for migrants with type 2 diabetes, living in Sweden

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emina Hadziabdic ◽  
Sara Pettersson ◽  
Helén Marklund ◽  
Katarina Hjelm
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Diabetes Care ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Diabetes Education ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
Education Model

Abstract Aim: To develop a diabetes education model based on individual beliefs, knowledge and risk awareness, aimed at migrants with type 2 diabetes, living in Sweden. Background: Type 2 diabetes is rapidly increasing globally, particularly affecting migrants living in developed countries. There is ongoing debate about what kind of teaching method gives the best result, but few studies have evaluated different methods for teaching migrants. Previous studies lack a theoretical base and do not proceed from the individuals’ own beliefs about health and illness, underpinned by their knowledge, guiding their health-related behaviour. Methods: A diabetes education model was developed to increase knowledge about diabetes and to influence self-care among migrants with type 2 diabetes. The model was based on literature review, on results from a previous study investigating knowledge about diabetes, on experience from studies of beliefs about health and illness, and on collaboration between researchers in diabetes care and migration and health and staff working in a multi-professional diabetes team. Findings: This is a culturally appropriate diabetes education model proceeding from individual beliefs about health and illness and knowledge, conducted in focus-group discussions in five sessions, led by a diabetes specialist nurse in collaboration with a multi-professional team, and completed within three months. The focus groups should include 4–5 persons and last for about 90 min, in the presence of an interpreter. A thematic interview guide should be used, with broad open-ended questions and descriptions of critical situations/health problems. Discussions of individual beliefs based on knowledge are encouraged. When needed, healthcare staff present at the session answer questions, add information and ensure that basic principles for diabetes care are covered. The diabetes education model is tailored to both individual and cultural aspects and can improve knowledge about type 2 diabetes, among migrants and thus increase self-care behaviour and improve health.

scholarly journals The DIVIDED SELF metaphor: A cognitive-linguistic study of two poems by Nabokov

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Mª Asunción Barreras Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
The Self ◽  
Linguistic Study ◽  
Divided Self ◽  
Cognitive Linguistic ◽  
Embodied Realism ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Shed Light

<p>This paper will approach two of Nabokov’s poems from the perspective of embodied realism in Cognitive Linguistics. We will shed light on the reasons why we believe that Nabokov makes use of the DIVIDED SELF metaphor in his poetry. In the analysis of the poems we will explain how the Subject is understood in the author’s life in exile whereas the Self is understood in the author’s feelings of anguish and longing for his Russian past. Finally, we will also explain how Nabokov’s use of the DIVIDED SELF metaphor thematically structures both poems.</p>

The Role of Digital Engagement in the Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 1557-1565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sora Park ◽  
Sally Burford ◽  
Christopher Nolan ◽  
Leif Hanlen
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Digital Engagement
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