title: African Americans and diabetes: spiritual role of the health care provider in self-management.
abstract: How African Americans with type 2 diabetes perceive the spiritual role of health care providers (HCPs) and the effects of that role on self-management was explored using a qualitative descriptive analysis. The sample consisted of 29 African American men and women ages 40-75 with type 2 diabetes and 5 ministers of African American churches. A spiritual relationship with their health provider was important in helping participants manage their diabetes. Three typologies from a parent study were expanded with a focus in this extended study on the meaning ascribed to spiritual relationships with providers and the impact of these relationships on self-management. Care perceived as spiritual may be an important component of providing culturally sensitive health care to African Americans and may facilitate their self-management.
authors: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Nursing, 6901 Bertner Ave. Room 782, Houston, TX 77096, USA.
authors: Rebecca L
authors: RL
authors: Polzer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology*; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002977:Clergy / Q000523:psychology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D024382:Professional Role / Q000523:psychology*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D033303:Protestantism / Q000523:psychology; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires