The Canadian Diabetes Association has become Diabetes Canada*
Support Self-management
Supporting individuals in setting goals for starting and staying on track with healthy living behaviours requires effective communication techniques and individualized plans for healthy eating, physical activity, and medication use, as well as identifying barriers to achieving goals and providing guidance and assistance with solutions to those barriers.
Top Resources for Health-Care Providers
- A Handy Guide to Motivational InterviewingPDF⇩
- Take the SME ChallengeInteractive
- How to Talk with your Patients (Videos Coming Soon)
More Resources for Health-Care Providers
- Conversation Tips (Coming Soon)
- Using the Diabetes Distress ScalePDF⇩
- "ABATE" the Stress: Understanding the Stress ResponsePDF⇩
- Five Elements that Promote Self-Management
- Promote Self-management
- SMBG Frequency & Pattern ToolInteractive
- Healthy Mindset: Supporting Diabetes Distress and StressVideo
- Diabetes and Physical Activity, your Exercise PrescriptionPDF⇩
- Steps to Stress ManagementPDF⇩
- Sample Diabetes Patient Care Flow Sheet for Adults
- Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose (SMBG) Recommendation Tool
- Tools for EMRs (Coming Soon)
Top Resources for People with Diabetes
More Resources for People with Diabetes
- Diabetes and Mental HealthPDF⇩
- Goal CalendarPDF⇩
- Goal Calendar - Example 1PDF⇩
- Decisional Balance - Weighing the Pros and Cons of Changing (or Not Changing) BehaviorPDF⇩
- Self-monitoring of Blood GlucoseInteractive
- Diabetes and Foot care: A Patient’s List – Do’s and Don’tsPDF⇩
- Managing Your Blood SugarPDF⇩
- Staying Healthy with DiabetesPDF⇩
- What Medications Should I Be Taking to Reduce my Risk of Diabetes Complications?PDF⇩
Relevant Chapters
| Chapter 7 | Self-Management Education and Support |
| Chapter 10 | Physical Activity and Diabetes |
| Chapter 11 | Nutrition Therapy |
| Chapter 18 | Diabetes and Mental Health |
| Chapter 32 | Foot Care |
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