Percepção sobre a Diabetes Mellitus 2 na comunidade indígena Jabuti Bonfim - RR: um relato de experiência

Objective: To describe people's perception of Diabetes Mellitus 2, the notions about health, disease, and care. Experience report: Some users registered in the Hiperdia Program participated in the conversation wheel. For users, health is related to living well in their land, to be able to work, without any illness or pain. And disease would be having diabetes, having body pain, not having joy to live.  They did not know how to explain what diabetes would be. Everyone knew how to identify the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia. They did not practice regular physical activities. They pointed to the care of health professionals, as their main health care. They use medicines prescribed by health professionals, and their traditional medicine. The main difficulty is maintaining a balanced diet. Their main strengths are their families and God. When they think about diabetes, they are sad, afraid of its complications and death. Final considerations: With this activity, we realized that the concept of health, disease and care in living with diabetes are different for each user, because it is influenced by their personal experiences, and they have a direct relationship with the beliefs, culture and values acquired throughout their lives.