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.
Duration & Format
- Six weekly sessions, 2.5 hours each (with a built-in break)
- Participate in person at community and clinical locations or virtually with technical support available
Topics Covered
- 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
"Thank you for sharing your wisdom and expertise on the chronic condition of diabetes."
Jean
Benefits of the class
- Helps to lower A1C levels
- Increase physical activity
- Increase confidence in managing symptoms
- Decrease pain and depression
- Less frustration or worry about health
Who should take the class
- 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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