The Importance of Family Participation in the Treatment of Adolescents With Type 2 Diabetes
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: Children and adolescents are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in near epidemic proportions. There are no other chronic diseases where so much of the daily disease management responsibly rests with clients and their families. Adolescents with type 2 diabetes often have immediate family members with the disease as well. The purpose of this paper is to analyze factors related to the barriers, facilitators, and motivators of good self-management among adolescents. Cox's Interaction Model of Client Health Behavior (IMCHB) provides a theoretical framework to help describe the multiple interacting circumstances of health-protective and risk-taking behavior and to identify provider behaviors that affect health outcomes. The review of literature demonstrates the importance of the family in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Some of the barriers to successful treatment include; high-risk lifestyle in family members, lack of data regarding optimal treatment, and cultural/language barriers. Family nurse practitioners (FNPs) must stress the importance of the clients' role in self-management and daily decision-making, and assist clients with goal setting. One of the roles of the FNP is to help clients make informed decisions to reach their goals and overcome barriers. Implications for practice are discussed as well as implications for further research.
Author: Amber Noelle Martin
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2282886293