The Chance of Complications from Type 2 Diabetes As Perceived by Some Black
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Walden University ScholarWorks Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection 2017 The hC ance of Complications From Type 2 Diabetes as Perceived by Some Black Seventh-Day Adventists who Follow a Plant-Based Diet. Charles Misori Walden University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations Part of the African American Studies Commons, and the Medicine and Health Sciences Commons This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection at ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Walden University College of Health Sciences This is to certify that the doctoral dissertation by Charles Misori has been found to be complete and satisfactory in all respects, and that any and all revisions required by the review committee have been made. Review Committee Dr. Magdeline Aagard, Committee Chairperson, Health Services Faculty Dr. Rabeh Hijazi, Committee Member, Health Services Faculty Dr. Kenneth Feldman, University Reviewer, Health Services Faculty Chief Academic Officer Eric Riedel, Ph.D. Walden University 2017 Abstract The Chance of Complications From Type 2 Diabetes as Perceived by Some Black Seventh-Day Adventists who Follow a Plant-Based Diet. by Charles Misori M.S.N., University of Alabama at Huntsville, 2004 B.S.N., University of North Alabama, 2000 B.A., Athens State University, 1998 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Health Services Research Walden University May 2017 Abstract Type 2 diabetes has more than doubled in the past decade among Black Americans. Researchers have suggested that Black Seventh-day Adventists, who follow a plant-based diet, are concerned about preventing the complications from this disease. The purpose of this qualitative ethnographic study was to explore the chance and perceptions of complications from type 2 diabetes among 10 purposefully sampled Black Seventh-day Adventists. The health belief model (HBM) served as the conceptual framework. Two constructs, education and income, were chosen for this study. Education was chosen to increase understanding about the chronic nature of the disease, and income was chosen because it is not inexpensive to maintain a plant-based diet as someone with type 2 diabetes. Data were collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews which were inductively coded and then categorized around emerging themes. The key finding of this study revealed that these 10 participants relied on the Adventist lifestyle as an antidote to the complications of type 2 diabetes. The implications for positive social change include increased awareness and education of complications, and decreased risk for chances of complications among informants in this study. The Chance of Complications From Type 2 Diabetes as Perceived by Some Black Seventh-Day Adventists who Follow a Plant-Based Diet by Charles Misori M.S.N., University of Alabama, 2004 B.S.N., University of North Alabama, 2000 B.A., Athens State University, 1998 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Health Services Research Walden University May 2017 Dedication This dissertation is dedicated to my God (the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) who has, and continues to show Himself strong on my behalf. This work is also dedicated to my family, especially my three daughters: Ruth, Naomi, and Miriam, for their love and encouragement. I must finally acknowledge as well my colleagues, friends, well-wishers who were praying for me. Acknowledgments I would first like to thank my dissertation committee members, especially the chair Dr. Magdeline Aagard for her timely, instructive, and encouraging feedbacks. It is difficult to exaggerate her commitment to her students and to Walden University. Especially, I must express my deep appreciation for her time and expertise to enhance the quality of my manuscript. I am grateful for my wife, Wanda Misori, for her prayers and daily support. I am thankful for my Seventh-Day Adventist family particularly the pastors who were very supportive during the data collection phase of my study. In addition, I would like to thank Mrs. B Lee Clemons-Taylor now retired from the UAB medical Library in Huntsville, Alabama, for her kindness in assisting me in retrieving journal articles that I could not get from the public library. I also would like to thank Dr. Hijazi one of my committee dissertation members whose insight during the oral defense for the proposal helped to shape my thinking about the final product. Finally, I would like to acknowledge Walden University for the quality of the education offered here and for the incredible organization of the programs. Table of Contents List of Table .................................................................................................................... v Chapter 1: Introduction .................................................................................................... 1 Background of the Problem........................................................................................ 1 Statement of the Problem ........................................................................................... 2 Purpose of Study ........................................................................................................ 3 Research Questions .................................................................................................... 4 Conceptual Framework .............................................................................................. 4 Nature of the Study .................................................................................................... 7 Definition of Terms ................................................................................................... 8 Health Belief Model Constructs ............................................................................... 10 Assumptions ............................................................................................................ 10 Scope and Delimitation ............................................................................................ 11 Limitations .............................................................................................................. 12 Significance of the Study ......................................................................................... 13 Transition ................................................................................................................ 17 Chapter 2: Literature Review ................................................................................... 19 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 19 Literature Search Strategy ........................................................................................ 20 Physiology of Diabetes ............................................................................................ 21 Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes ................................................................................. 23 Risk Factors of Type 2 Diabetes .............................................................................. 25 Black Americans and Type 2 Diabetes ..................................................................... 29 i Complications of Type 2 Diabetes (Macro & Micro) ............................................... 30 Macro vascular Complications ................................................................................. 31 Microvascular Complications................................................................................... 34 Impact of Perceptions of Diabetes and its Complications ......................................... 36 Impact of Plant-based Diet on Type 2 Diabetes ........................................................ 37 Seventh-Day Adventists and a Plant-based Diet ....................................................... 40 The Health Belief Model and Type 2 Diabetes ......................................................... 43 Transition ................................................................................................................ 51 Chapter 3: Research Methodology ................................................................................. 53 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 53 Research Design and Rationale ................................................................................ 53 Ethnography ............................................................................................................ 53 Sample and Setting .................................................................................................. 56 Eligibility Criteria .................................................................................................... 58 Recruitment Strategy ............................................................................................... 59 Instruments and Instrumentation .............................................................................. 60 Procedures ..............................................................................................................