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Record W4412766727 · doi:10.1111/dme.70113

Illustrating stories of stigma from the perspective of people living with diabetes while experiencing homelessness: An arts‐based community participatory research project

2025· article· en· W4412766727 on OpenAlexafffund
Saania Tariq, T. David Reed, Jeremy Auger, Brian Bowdridge, Matt Larsen, Justin Lawson, Anna Whaley, Eshleen Grewal, Scott Westby, David J.T. Campbell

Bibliographic record

VenueDiabetic Medicine · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldHealth Professions
TopicHomelessness and Social Issues
Canadian institutionsDiabetes CanadaPenn West Exploration (Canada)University of Calgary
FundersSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of CanadaDiabetes Canada
KeywordsStigma (botany)MedicineParticipatory action researchNarrativeCommunity-based participatory researchNursingPsychiatrySociology

Abstract

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AIMS: Our objective was to explore the stigma experienced by people with lived experiences of both diabetes and homelessness. METHODS: This community-based participatory research (CBPR) project was underpinned by a partnership between academic researchers and those with lived experience (co-researchers). We used two arts-based research methods, Forum Theatre and Participatory Filmmaking, and collected field notes, interviews with co-researchers, and the narrative scripts from the play and film. Interpretative analysis was used to generate broader themes. RESULTS: We identified three themes describing the experience of diabetes stigma while experiencing homelessness, including: (i) limited knowledge of diabetes in the broader community, (ii) the lack of privacy in the shelter environment, and (iii) substance use stereotypes associated with homelessness. Experiences of diabetes and homelessness stigma consisted of instances characterised by judgement, unfair treatment, and skepticism imparted by others. The experience of diabetes stigma was heightened in the context of homelessness, creating situations exacerbated by the judgement and blame passed onto those with diabetes in the shelter. CONCLUSION: Diabetes stigma has a profound mental and emotional impact on individuals experiencing homelessness, often impacting their ability to manage their condition. Future research is needed to explore these intersections in different contexts and develop comprehensive strategies that may mitigate stigma and improve the well-being of individuals with diabetes experiencing homelessness.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.028
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.030
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Qualitative · Consensus signal: Qualitative
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.028
Threshold uncertainty score0.148

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0280.030
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0020.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0020.002
Science and technology studies0.0270.026
Scholarly communication0.0080.008
Open science0.0040.021
Research integrity0.0050.010
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0040.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.245
GPT teacher head0.490
Teacher spread0.245 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designQualitative
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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