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Diabetes educators are healthcare professionals who focus on helping people with and at risk for diabetes and related conditions achieve behavior change goals which, in turn, lead to better clinical outcomes and improved health status. Diabetes educators apply in-depth knowledge and skills in the biological and social sciences, communication, counseling, and education to provide self-management education/self-management training.
Diabetes education, also known as diabetes self-management training (DSMT), is a collaborative process through which people with or at risk for diabetes gain the knowledge and skills needed to modify behavior and successfully self-manage the disease and its related conditions. The intervention aims to achieve optimal health status, better quality of life and reduce the need for costly healthcare.
AADE mission:
Driving professional practice to promote healthy living through self-management of diabetes and related conditions.
AADE vision:
Successful self-management for all people with diabetes and related conditions.
KADE
KADE believes diabetes educators should strive to continually enhance professional knowledge of diabetes necessary to generate, sustain, and improve quality patient education and care. Our organization is also committed to improving the quality of life for people in Central and Eastern Kentucky with diabetes. KADE sponsors educational and community events each year.
KADE believes in a team approach to diabetes education, and encourages behavioral health specialists, dietitians, health educators, nurses, nutritionists, pharmacists, physicians, physician assistants, psychologists, social workers, and other health care professionals involved in diabetes education to become a member.