Abstract

Diabetes self-management in African Americans: an analysis of two diabetes centers self-management policies in North Carolina

Author(s): Pandora Goode*

Persons diagnosed with diabetes require self-management education to help them understand and manage the disease. Diabetes self-management education and lifestyle modifications have been directly associated with improved blood sugar control, fewer hospitalizations, and lower diabetes related medical cost. Effective preventive care measures and diabetes self-management education depends mainly on health care access and quality healthcare. The purpose of this article is to contrast and compare an analysis of two diabetes centers self-management policies in North Carolina.