Train Peer Supporters
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(Unit 2, Mod. 2.2, Section 1)Assessment
What is it?
Assessment involves collecting, reviewing, interpreting, and using information for the purpose of setting goals and developing an action plan.
Why is it important?
Assessment helps health care providers, diabetes educators, and peer supporters understand the self-management status of a person with diabetes, and helps set appropriate behavioral goals for improved diabetes self-management.
Learn more about assessment from the following resources:
- The Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center (MDRTC) developed several assessment instruments. The website includes explanations and information about the surveys and downloadable versions of all instruments.
- The Robert Woods Johnson Foundation's Diabetes Initiative offers several assessment materials, forms, and instruments used by multiple diabetes self-management programs.
Find handouts, tools, and educational modules on assessment to help train peer supporters and offer peer support:
Assessment materials, forms, and instruments available from the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation's Diabetes Initiative include:
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Assessment Instruments:
- Attitudes Survey
- Health Belief Questionnaire English/Spanish
- Patient Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire English
- Patient Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire Spanish
- Self Efficacy Assessment Tool
Self Management Behavior Questionnaires:
- Are You Ready? Brochure
- Building Community Support Patient Questionnaire
- Behavioral Health Assessment Tool
- Behavioral Health Assessment Tool Spanish
- Behavior Worksheet
- Case Management Assessment Form
- Case Management Check-in Form
- Case Management Follow Up Form
- Case Management Intake Form
- Transtheoretical Model Patient Questions
- Questions for People with Diabetes
Disclaimer: Peer Support Resources
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