Building Competency in Diabetes Education THE ESSENTIALS

Chapter 11

SELF-MANAGEMENT EDUCATION & SUPPORT: PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT • The Diabetes Attitude Scale and the DAWN2 study • Recommendations for the educational process • The Transtheoretical Model of Change and self-efficacy • Program planning within the Chronic Care Model • The taxonomy of educational objectives • Education/teaching methods: • o Lectures • o Self-learning manuals • o Interactive behavioural change technology • o Demonstration and practice • o Group discussions • o Brainstorming • o Values clarification • o Cognitive-behavioural interventions: motivational interviewing and coping–skills training • Literacy, numeracy and cultural competency • Designing effective education materials • Evaluation tools