Diabetes Dateline
Fall 2007

Resources

Featured in the NIDDK Reference Collection

The American Association of Diabetes Educators has published a comprehensive desk reference entitled The Art and Science of Diabetes Self-Management Education for health care professionals, community professionals, and others who provide education to people with diabetes. The textbook is divided into three sections: “Understanding the Individual’s Health Behaviors and Choices,” which provides background and theoretical foundations necessary for effective self-management education; “Translating Science to Art: Understanding the Disease and Its Treatment,” which provides technical information about the different aspects of diabetes, its therapies, and chronic complications; and “Facilitating Successful Self-Management,” which lays out the new “core” of knowledge for well-designed diabetes education. Each chapter ends with teaching strategies, resources, and patient education tips. The textbook is available from the American Association of Diabetes Educators, 100 West Monroe, Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60603, 1–800–338–3633. The cost to members is $199; the nonmember price is $249.

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Reference Collection is a free, online database that helps health care professionals, health educators, patients, and the general public find educational materials not typically referenced in most databases. Visit the Reference Collection at www.catalog.niddk.nih.gov/resources to find more diabetes resources.

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NIH Publication No. 08–4562
October 2007