Proposal Title
Picturing Health, Picturing Life: Visual Narratives of African American Women with Diabetes
Abstract
Diabetes affects African American women disproportionally; the common misconception is that it is a lifestyle disease born of junk food and excess. However, genetics, food insecurity, racism, poverty, and stress are causal. This dissertation, which uses participant–created data of 13 women, yields a unique and valuable understanding of the ontology of these women. Participant–created photo elicitation narrative interviewing works intersubjectively to facilitate narrative creation to be a powerful force in validating and recording the life–world of such women.
Start Date
24-3-2017 6:40 PM
End Date
24-3-2017 7:30 PM
Presentation Type
Paper
Disciplines
African American Studies | Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition | Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism | Women's Health | Women's Studies
Picturing Health, Picturing Life: Visual Narratives of African American Women with Diabetes
U-Hall 3-086
Diabetes affects African American women disproportionally; the common misconception is that it is a lifestyle disease born of junk food and excess. However, genetics, food insecurity, racism, poverty, and stress are causal. This dissertation, which uses participant–created data of 13 women, yields a unique and valuable understanding of the ontology of these women. Participant–created photo elicitation narrative interviewing works intersubjectively to facilitate narrative creation to be a powerful force in validating and recording the life–world of such women.
