MENA 2024 Recordings-DAFNE and Beyond- Self-Management Education Programs for People Living with Diabetes

DAFNE and Beyond- Self-Management Education Programs for People Living with Diabetes

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The speaker discusses their involvement with the Daphne program, a self-managed education initiative for people with type 1 diabetes, designed to improve their ability to manage their condition through education about carbohydrate counting and insulin adjustment. They began their role as a Daphne educator during the COVID pandemic, transitioning to remote delivery of the courses due to lockdowns. The program's focus is on teaching participants to estimate meal carbohydrates and adjust insulin doses accordingly, thus reducing episodes of severe hypoglycemia and diabetic ketoacidosis and improving patient quality of life and glycemic control. The talk covers the benefits of structured diabetes education, the importance of evolving educational programs to incorporate new technologies such as hybrid closed-loop systems, and the emergence of diabetes education for those with type 2 diabetes using multiple daily injections. Additionally, the speaker introduces Daphne Plus, which aims to maintain motivation and behavior change post-course, and details efforts to support young adults with type 1 diabetes in improving their management skills and quality of life. Overall, the speaker underlines the significance of structured, patient-centered diabetes education and support.

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Dr. Sean Dinneen

Keywords

Daphne program

type 1 diabetes

carbohydrate counting

insulin adjustment

diabetes education

remote learning

Daphne Plus