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(Unit 2, Mod. 2.2, Section 3)Action Planning
What is it?
Action planning refers to day-to-day plans, goals, and activities that help achieve long-term goals.
Why is it important?
Creating an action plan can help people with diabetes change unhealthy behaviors and better manage their diabetes.
Learn more about action planning from the following resources:
- Action Planning is an online article from New Health Partnerships about developing a Diabetes Plan.
Find handouts, tools, and educational modules on action planning to help train peer supporters and offer peer support:
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Diabetes Initiative offers many materials, instruments, and forms to assist in creating an action plan.
- Action Plan Card English
- Action Plan Card Spanish
- Action Plan Form English
- Action Plan Form Spanish
- Weekly Action Plan Form
- General information handouts about action planning and action planning forms in English, Spanish, and Chinese are available from The Center for Excellence in Primary Care at the University of California, San Francisco.
- The California Health Care Foundation offers handouts in English and Spanish called "My Diabetes Plan" that can be used by peer supporters in assisting with creating an action plan.
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