Group-based, person-centered diabetes self-management education: healthcare professionals' implementation of new approaches.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare professionals' person-centered communication skills are pivotal for delivering successful diabetes education. Many healthcare professionals favor person-centeredness as a concept, but implementation in practice remains challenging. Today, programs have often a fixed curriculum dominated by biomedical issues. Most person-centered methods are developed targeting individual consultations, although group-based programs are a widespread and efficient method of support. Person-centeredness in group-based programs requires a change in practice towards addressing biopsychosocial issues and facilitating group processes. The objective of this study was to explore how healthcare professionals implement new approaches to facilitate group-based, person-centered diabetes ed

SUBMITTER: Stenov V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6558764 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature