Table 3. Social factors.

Theme	Quotes
Experience with family members’ struggles with diabetes complications	So, I’m really working at it ‘cuz I know how diabetes is on your body… I watched my mom, she lost part of her eyesight, she lost toes… she was on kidney dialysis at the end. (PT #18) We call diabetes the ‘family curse.’ Every family reunion you’d see people with ‘hacked off limbs’ … (PT #20)
Surveillance and judgment from family, friends, and providers	People always ask me, ‘Well how can you have a candy bar?’ (PT #6) My daughter tells me every day. Mom, you’ve got to get off the couch, you got to walk. (PT #8) If they are not motivated… that’s of course the bane of all diabetes, right? People just aren’t motivated to deal with it. (PCP #2)
Trust in their healthcare provider	He’s a very good doctor and you know, I’m, I’m hoping he’ll never retire. (PT #2) I just do what my doctor tells me, basically. (PT #13)