Children's Literature and Diabetes

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dc.contributor.authorCaracciolo, Dana Andrianaen
dc.contributor.committeechairStahl, John D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCarter-Tod, Sheila L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberColaianne, Anthony J.en
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:34:01Zen
dc.date.adate2007-05-25en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:34:01Zen
dc.date.issued2007-04-12en
dc.date.rdate2010-10-27en
dc.date.sdate2007-04-22en
dc.description.abstractMy studies consider the genre of children's literature, specifically picture books, and their treatment of the topic of diabetes. I frame my argument with an examination of diabetes, the psychological effects of diabetes on the child, the need of thorough education about diabetes. I argue for the use of the picture book as an effect tool in educating and socializing the diabetic child. I first explore the implications of diabetes and the long term complications caused by one's poor control of the disease. I then explore the psychological ramifications of a chronic illness on the young child. Next I assert the need to combine the physiological and psychological factors of diabetes into a responsible text for children, one which both serves as an educating tool and a source of comfort in difficult times with the disease. I conclude my studies with critiques of existing materials in the limited genre and compare them to the story I have written for children about diabetes.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04222007-225212en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04222007-225212/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/31824en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartFullThesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectcomplicationsen
dc.subjectpsychologyen
dc.subjectChildren's literatureen
dc.subjectChildrenen
dc.subjectpicture booksen
dc.subjectdiabetesen
dc.titleChildren's Literature and Diabetesen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglishen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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