Abstract
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is disproportionally prevalent among indigenous groups, with especially poor treatment outcomes and higher complication rates. This is also the case with the minority Bedouin population of Israel. Based on a critical review of the literature, we offer a typology of the main sociological approaches to the study of T2DM among ethnic minorities: 1. Bio-medical individual approach, 2. Minorities in transition to modernity approach and 3. T2DM as a symptom of social inequality approach. We use the stories of Bedouin men and women to show how the third approach allows us to: 1. Re-conceptualize concepts such chronic illness, health and man/place/community relationships;2. Understand how the complex interaction between Israeli health policies and the living conditions of the Bedouin community shape the distinct challenges they face in coping with T2DM; 3. To develop concrete guidelines designed to improve coping with T2DM among the Bedouin community in Israel.
| Translated title of the contribution | Coping with Type 2 Diabetes among Bedouins in Israel: Issues of Social Justice,Health Policy and Relationships to Place and Community |
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| Original language | Hebrew |
| Pages (from-to) | 41-61 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | סוציולוגיה ישראלית: כתב-עת לחקר החברה הישראלית |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 2023 |
IHP publications
- ihp
- Adjustment (Psychology)
- Bedouins -- Health and hygiene -- Israel
- Bedouins -- Israel
- Chronic diseases
- Diabetes
- Diagnosis
- Equality
- Health
- Minorities
- Nutrition
- Patients -- Civil rights
