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Diabetes Awareness

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Overview

More than 3.2 million people in the UK now have diabetes. This course will give people an awareness of diabetes, and is suitable for anyone who wishes to gain a better understanding of what diabetes is, how it is managed, and what causes it.

Audience

This course is aimed at anyone who wishes to gain an understanding of diabetes, including:

  • Carers, parents and professional organisations
  • Local authority staff and other local authority partner organisations
  • Health staff 
  • Education staff

About this course

The course is split into four modules:

  • An Introduction to Diabetes
  • Type 1 Diabetes
  • Type 2 Diabetes
  • Gestational Diabetes

Objectives

In this course you will:

  • Know what diabetes is
  • Why having high blood sugar levels is bad
  • What Type 1 diabetes is
  • The common symptoms and dangers of Type 1 diabetes
  • What the main challenge for those with Type 1 diabetes is
  • Learn about the diet for Type 1 diabetics
  • How to treat a diabetic emergency
  • The challenges for carers and the wider family
  • What Type 2 diabetes is
  • The differences between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes
  • What causes Type 2 diabetes
  • The symptoms of Type 2 diabetes
  • What increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes
  • The short and long term complications of Type 2 diabetes
  • Helping someone with pre-diabetes
  • Lifestyle interventions and the best way to lose weight
  • The essential examinations and tests for a diabetic
  • Diabetes and older people
  • Diabetes and young people
  • What gestational diabetes is

    • Content

    Here are some of the topics covered in the modules:

    Basic differences between two types of diabetes and causes; the dangers of diabetes; what diabetes is and how it affects the body; how to spot the onset of diabetes; how to respond to a diabetic emergency; what the special challenges are for carers; identify signs and symptoms of hypo and hyper glycaemia; prevention; what gestational diabetes is.

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