IL Pathways to Health Classes
Take Charge of Your Diabetes
Designed for participants with type 2 diabetes to enhance self-management skills. Participants create weekly action plans, share experiences, and collaboratively address self-management challenges.
About the class
Take Charge of Your Diabetes is an interactive workshop for people with diabetes or pre-diabetes and their caregivers. Participation in a workshop provides skills and tools to help you make meaningful and lasting changes to your health so that you can live an active, fulfilling life.
Workshops are also available in Spanish.
Workshops meet weekly for six weeks for 2.5 hours with a built-in break.
Join us in person at convenient community or clinical locations or participate virtually with technical support available.
Topics covered during workshop sessions include:
- Nutrition, healthy eating and menu planning
- Physical activity and exercise
- Medication management, monitoring and foot care
- Working more effectively with health care providers
- Problem solving, decision making, goal setting and many more
Benefits of the class
Participants can look forward to:
- Lower A1C levels
- Increased physical activity
- Greater confidence in managing symptoms
- Reduced pain and depression
- Less frustration and worry about health
Who should take the class
The program is ideal for:
- Adults diagnosed with pre-diabetes or diabetes and their caregivers
- Adults whose health problems have begun to interfere with daily activities
- Adults who have had challenges following health recommendations
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