Building Competency in Diabetes Education THE ESSENTIALS

11-26 | CHAPTER 11

supporting self-confidence in their ability to engage in the behaviour. The appropriate amount and type of information will vary with the degree of readiness to change (stage). Experiencing and expressing feelings about one’s problems and solutions. • May be a significant, often sudden, emotional experience. •

o Sharing information o Giving feedback

May include written handouts, lectures or group discussion, etc..

•

Dramatic relief/release

Role-playing

•

Motivational interviewing

•

Cognitive-behavioural therapy

•

Videos

•

Personal testimony

•

Group discussion

•

Psychodrama

•

Self-evaluation

Assessing one’s own: • Resources • Barriers • Temptations • Supports • Past success

Motivational interviewing

•

Empathy

•

Reflective surveys

•

Focus groups

•

Environmental evaluation

Assessing how one’s problem(s) affect one’s physical and social environment. Making use of increasing alternatives available in society. • A key strategy in chronic disease management. Making a choice and committing to act to change. •

Motivational interviewing

•

Documentaries

•

Reflective surveys

•

Social liberation

Policies

•

Signs

•

Labelling

•

Self-liberation

Contracting, making a plan, making public commitment, attending an educational program.