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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

eldercare, Ghana, diabetes, diagnoses, diabetics' family

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Anthropology

Abstract

My ORCA project changed considerably from the time I applied for the grant, to when I stepped off of the airplane back in the U.S. after researching in Ghana. I initially wanted to study elder care in Ghana, but after reviewing the resources I had available to me in Ghana, I decided to study the experiences of Ghanaian diabetics. My research – which I reported in a paper entitled “Knowledge, Pain, and Poverty: Insights from Sixteen Ghanaian Diabetics” – sought to chronicle the daily experiences diabetics face in Ghana. Specifically, I was looking to see what kind of health care Ghanaian diabetics were receiving, how their illness affected their daily lives, and how the experience of a diabetic in Ghana was different from that of a diabetic in the United States.

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