Perspective of the Hispanic immigrant patients and family members

Perception of Barriers in Managing Diabetes

Perspective of the Hispanic immigrant patients and family members

Perception of Barriers in Managing Diabetes

Perspective of the Hispanic immigrant patients and family members

A: review of the literature

Cáliz N. Lopez Diaz

Interamerican university of Puerto Rico

This document was prepare for Nurse 3130, section 27443

Taught by Prof. Judy Colon, DNP

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore how the Hispanic immigrants with

diabetes live and their family members. This qualitative study is compering the

Hispanic and Latin immigrants with diabetes and the non-Hispanic White. This

article identifies and describe the problem have it by the Hispanic patient living

with diabetes. Describe the suffering of Hispanic patient with diabetes. The focus

group consisted of both patient and family members. Study conducted in South

Caroline in a free health clinic who gives support large population of low-income

Hispanic persons. Credibility of the data collected was enhanced by using bilingual

and bicultural interview. The necessity of patients to develop a better form of feed

to help diabetes. The 3 mayor barrier identify were suffering the disease ,difficulty

in management the disease and lack of resource to help. The cultural barrier is the

ones of the biggest because push the Hispanic to eat food that couldn’t be the most

healthy, so is more hard to help the condition.

Analysis

The Hispanic and Latin show a poorer self-management of type 2 diabetes

than non-Hispanic whites. That’s the principle reason of why this study was made

it. This study was performed in North Caroline. Recruited were participant t of a

free health clinic and were volunteer for this study, includes diabetic 2 patient and

family member. Other purpose of the study is to identify the barriers which preven

t the Hispanic immigrant to work with the diesis.The study revealed that do not

allow the Hispanic to work with their disease. These barriers have to be most of all

with the Hispanic culture. For example they consume a lot of carbohydrates and fat

and low level of vegetables, other thinks is the Hispanic reports have no leisure

time to physical activity. The majority of the Mexican men and women present

overweight or obese.

Characteristic founded in the majority of the participants ,that support the ideas.

The ma have low-income. This barrier make really hard to assess a good health

treatment. Other one is a low education ad low acculturation. These two have t

o be with the low-Income to. The literacy and limited social support because social

and immigrants legal status is another barrier. Other thinks that prevent the good

treatment of the Hispanic is the lack of health insurance.

I cannot identify any hypothesis in this study or any outcomes specific. I think

the hypothesis and the outcomes are omitted because the study is trying to

identifies; specific problems the Hispanic has to treat the diabetes in compa

rison with the non-Hispanic white. The method used was a Qualitative descriptive

study. This method is choice when straight descriptions of the phenomena are

desired.

If I try to compare these ideas, we will see the have a lot of similitudes. Both

ideas believe that the Hispanic has poor management of the disease. Both believe

that is socioeconomically and cultural behavior that are barriers for the

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