Living well: understanding the experience of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in First Nations peoples ...

• Main Author: Sanguins, Julianne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Calgary 2005
• Subjects: First Nations
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/393; https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/101394

Bibliography: p. 234-252 ... : In the past fifty years, rates of Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) have escalated in the First Nations population until they have become the most prevalent chronic diseases in that population (Young et al., 1999). The biophysiologic processes of Type 2 diabetes and CVD are well documented. However, the experiences of First Nations Peoples living with these diseases have not been well investigated. Understanding how the First Nations Peoples 'live well' with these diseases may provide some direction to health care providers in assisting prevention efforts. This ethnographic study focused on First Nations People from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba. Fifteen participants (eight men, seven women) engaged in semi-structured interviews which were audio recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using an inductive and reflexive process. Analysis focused on culturally embedded attitudes and practices that allowed First Nations participants to 'live well' with Type 2 diabetes and CVD. 'Living ...