The Managing Epilepsy Well Network:: Advancing Epilepsy Self-Management.

ABSTRACT: Epilepsy, a complex spectrum of disorders, affects about 2.9 million people in the U.S. Similar to other chronic disorders, people with epilepsy face challenges related to management of the disorder, its treatment, co-occurring depression, disability, social disadvantages, and stigma. Two national conferences on public health and epilepsy (1997, 2003) and a 2012 IOM report on the public health dimensions of epilepsy highlighted important knowledge gaps and emphasized the need for evidence-based, scalable epilepsy self-management programs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention translated recommendations on self-management research and dissemination into an applied research program through the Prevention Research Centers Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) Network. MEW Network objectives a

SUBMITTER: Sajatovic M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6267934 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature