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Participant Experiences of Talking Circles on Type 2 Diabetes in Two Northern Plains American Indian Tribes

University of Minnesota

Felicia Schanche Hodge

University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Center for American Indian Research and Education

Betty Geishirt-Cantrell

Center for American Indian Research and Education

Lorelei De Cora

Winnebago Tribal Council

The Talking Circle, a culturally appropriate, 12-week educational intervention, was employed on two Northern Plains American Indian reservations to provide information on type 2 diabetes. In a phenomenological study, funded as a minority supplement to the Talking Circle intervention, the authors asked 8 American Indian participants of the Talking Circle to describe their experience of being an American Indian Talking Circle participant. Seven common themes describe the phenomenon of participating in a Talking Circle diabetic intervention. The Talking Circle technique was effective in providing information on type 2 diabetes through culturally appropriate community sharing. Type 2 diabetes is viewed by both outsiders and those involved as a chronic disease of the utmost concern in American Indian communities.

Key Words: American Indian • type 2 diabetes • Talking Circle • Talking Circle participants

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 13, No. 8, 1094-1115 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1049732303256357


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