Sandra Drozdz Burke|Dawn Sherr|Ruth D. Lipman
Partnering with diabetes educators to improve patient outcomes
University of Illinois at Chicago|American Association of Diabetes Educators|American Association of Diabetes Educators|American Association of Diabetes Educators
diabetes chronic progressive disease affects millions worldwide paradigm diabetes management shifted focus empowering person diabetes manage disease successfully improve quality life diabetes selfmanagement education collaborative process people diabetes gain knowledge skills needed modify behavior selfmanage successfully disease related conditions diabetes educators health care professionals apply indepth knowledge skills biological social sciences communication counseling pedagogy enable patients manage daily future challenges diabetes educators integral providing individualized education promoting behavior change using framework seven selfcare behaviors known aade7 selfcare behaviors developed american association diabetes educators iterative process promoting behavior change includes assessment goal setting planning implementation evaluation documentation diabetes educators work part patients health care team engage patient informed shared decision making increasing prevalence diabetes growing focus prevention require strategies providing people knowledge skills strategies need use diabetes educator logical facilitator change access diabetes education critically important incorporating diabetes educators varied practice settings serve improve clinical quality life outcomes persons diabetes