INS and diabetes mellitus: Previous qualitative research has also tended to focus on specific aspects of managing diabetes in childhood, including: knowledge of the role of insulin and risks of high/low blood glucose [11, 15]; accounts of sharing care with adults [11, 14–16]; emotional responses to living with diabetes [10–12, 17–19]; knowledge of self-care [11, 13, 15]; and, views about managing diabetes at school [20–22] and attending paediatric diabetes clinics [23–25].