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The Complexities of Managing Gestational Diabetes in Women of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds: A Qualitative Study of Women’s Experiences
Aim: This study aimed to explore women’s perspectives and experiences concerning how culture impacts the lifestyle management of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in women of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. Methods: Women of any cultural background diagnosed with GDM with...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9967365/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36839411 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15041053 |
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author | Oxlad, Melissa Whitburn, Sharni Grieger, Jessica A. |
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description | Aim: This study aimed to explore women’s perspectives and experiences concerning how culture impacts the lifestyle management of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in women of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. Methods: Women of any cultural background diagnosed with GDM within the previous 12 months were purposively recruited from two Australian metropolitan hospitals. Data collected using semi-structured interviews (n = 18) and focus groups (n = 15 women in three groups) were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Results: Three themes were generated: “cultural beliefs and obligations impact lifestyle management of gestational diabetes”, which describes how some cultures lack awareness about GDM, and modifications or restrictions were viewed as depriving the infant, but sometimes adaptions could be made so that a culturally appropriate meal was suitable for GDM management; “the relationship between cultural foods and gestational diabetes management”, which discusses how important cultural foods may be incompatible with appropriate GDM management, so women worked to find solutions; “gestational diabetes education lacks cultural awareness and sensitivity”, which illustrates how current education fails to address differences in cultural beliefs, language and eating practices. Conclusion: Cultural beliefs, obligations and food practices must be considered when assisting women of CALD backgrounds using lifestyle modification to manage GDM. GDM education must be culturally sensitive and competent and, where possible, be delivered by health professionals of a shared cultural group. |
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spelling | pubmed-99673652023-02-26 The Complexities of Managing Gestational Diabetes in Women of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds: A Qualitative Study of Women’s Experiences Oxlad, Melissa Whitburn, Sharni Grieger, Jessica A. Nutrients Article Aim: This study aimed to explore women’s perspectives and experiences concerning how culture impacts the lifestyle management of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in women of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. Methods: Women of any cultural background diagnosed with GDM within the previous 12 months were purposively recruited from two Australian metropolitan hospitals. Data collected using semi-structured interviews (n = 18) and focus groups (n = 15 women in three groups) were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Results: Three themes were generated: “cultural beliefs and obligations impact lifestyle management of gestational diabetes”, which describes how some cultures lack awareness about GDM, and modifications or restrictions were viewed as depriving the infant, but sometimes adaptions could be made so that a culturally appropriate meal was suitable for GDM management; “the relationship between cultural foods and gestational diabetes management”, which discusses how important cultural foods may be incompatible with appropriate GDM management, so women worked to find solutions; “gestational diabetes education lacks cultural awareness and sensitivity”, which illustrates how current education fails to address differences in cultural beliefs, language and eating practices. Conclusion: Cultural beliefs, obligations and food practices must be considered when assisting women of CALD backgrounds using lifestyle modification to manage GDM. GDM education must be culturally sensitive and competent and, where possible, be delivered by health professionals of a shared cultural group. MDPI 2023-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9967365/ /pubmed/36839411 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15041053 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Oxlad, Melissa Whitburn, Sharni Grieger, Jessica A. The Complexities of Managing Gestational Diabetes in Women of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds: A Qualitative Study of Women’s Experiences |
title | The Complexities of Managing Gestational Diabetes in Women of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds: A Qualitative Study of Women’s Experiences |
title_full | The Complexities of Managing Gestational Diabetes in Women of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds: A Qualitative Study of Women’s Experiences |
title_fullStr | The Complexities of Managing Gestational Diabetes in Women of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds: A Qualitative Study of Women’s Experiences |
title_full_unstemmed | The Complexities of Managing Gestational Diabetes in Women of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds: A Qualitative Study of Women’s Experiences |
title_short | The Complexities of Managing Gestational Diabetes in Women of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds: A Qualitative Study of Women’s Experiences |
title_sort | complexities of managing gestational diabetes in women of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: a qualitative study of women’s experiences |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9967365/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36839411 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15041053 |
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