Diabetes education initiatives world map
IDF Curriculum for Diabetes Health education

 
Education
Role of diabetes education


Summary


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Summary
The need for diabetes education
The diabetes educators
Providing diabetes education to patients
Challenges facing diabetes educators
Strategies to address these challenges
Key issues addressed by education
Strategies and tools
Summary
Diabetes education world map

  • Diabetes education is now recognised as a key component of diabetes management.
  • The main aims of diabetes education are to enhance knowledge and foster behaviour change in order to promote self-management.
  • The diabetes educator's role is to help people with diabetes learn to manage their disease.
  • The main challenges for diabetes educators are common to most regions and include the availability of education, disease perceptions and the cost of diabetes education.
  • More skilled educators are required to meet growing needs.
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