Life Scenery of Javanese Person With Type 2 Diabetes

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10.2991/assehr.k.210304.132How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Cultural management, Javanese person living with type 2 diabetes, ethnography

Abstract

Cultural beliefs and tradition influence of the Javanese persons perception related to diabetes and how they manage diabetes in their daily lives. Ethnography was used in this study to understand the cultural management of Javanese person living with type 2 diabetes. The data were collected by focus group discussion, in-depth interview, and participant observation from 34 Javanese people with diabetes and their family. Through thematic analysis, the result showed 3 themes that illustrated the cultural diabetes management of Javanese person in daily lives. The themes are: (1) Living with the peaceful mind and following the diabetes guideline (2) Living with worry after passing worst experience (3) Living with following the guideline but occasional offence it. Javanese culture plays an important role in diabetes management among Javanese person. Understanding about Javanese culture is useful for designing a model of diabetes care which is appropriate with Javanese culture in order to achieve the effectiveness of diabetes management among Javanese person.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - C. Septiwi
AU  - S. Rungreangkulkij
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/03/08
TI  - Life Scenery of Javanese Person With Type 2 Diabetes
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Paris Van Java International Seminar on Health, Economics, Social Science and Humanities (PVJ-ISHESSH 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 591
EP  - 595
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210304.132
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210304.132
ID  - Septiwi2021
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