title: Participant experiences of Talking Circles on type 2 diabetes in two Northern Plains American Indian Tribes.
abstract: The Talking Circle, a culturally appropriate, 12-week educational intervention, was employed on two Northern Plains American Indian reservations to provide information on type 2 diabetes. In a phenomenological study, funded as a minority supplement to the Talking Circle intervention, the authors asked 8 American Indian participants of the Talking Circle to describe their experience of being an American Indian Talking Circle participant. Seven common themes describe the phenomenon of participating in a Talking Circle diabetic intervention. The Talking Circle technique was effective in providing information on type 2 diabetes through culturally appropriate community sharing. Type 2 diabetes is viewed by both outsiders and those involved as a chronic disease of the utmost concern in American Indian communities.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Roxanne
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Struthers
authors.forename: Felicia Schanche
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Hodge
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geishirt-Cantrell
authors.forename: Lorelei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Cora
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009329:Nebraska / Q000453:epidemiology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012648:Self Care; D013023:South Dakota / Q000453:epidemiology