Train Peer Supporters
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(Unit 5, Mod. 5.1, Section 2)Ongoing Support for People with Diabetes
What is it?
A key component of diabetes self-management is ongoing follow-up and support. Ongoing support and contact includes being available on-demand or when needed and being proactive - contacting individuals with diabetes on a routine basis, whether they ask for it or not.
Why is it important?
Diabetes is a condition that is for the rest of a patient's life. Ongoing contact and support helps a person with diabetes incorporate self-management into their life and sustain it, which can lead to better metabolic control.
Learn more about maintaining ongoing contact from the following resources:
- A journal article by Fisher et al on Ongoing Follow-up and Support for Chronic Disease Management can be found in The Diabetes Educator (journal).
Find handouts, tools, and educational modules on maintaining ongoing contact to help train peer supporters and offer peer support:
- The Robert Woods Johnson Foundation's Diabetes Initiative offers a handout on ongoing follow-up and support.
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