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Thu, Apr 04
|Hurricane Senior Citizens Center
Diabetes Self-Management Workshop
The Diabetes Self-Management Workshops provide information and skills for people to manage their diabetes and related conditions. This FREE 6-week workshop is guided by evidence-based standards. You’ll learn how to eat healthy, be physically active, monitor blood sugar levels, take medication, pr
Time & Location
Apr 04, 2019, 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Hurricane Senior Citizens Center, 95 N. 300 W. Hurricane, UT 84737, USA
About the event
The Diabetes Self-Management Program (DSMP) is a 6-week group program for people with type 2 diabetes. The program was developed by Stanford University to help you manage your diabetes symptoms, tiredness, pain, and emotional issues, by helping you learn skills to better manage your diabetes day to day.
Diabetes Self-Management education and workshops are a collaborative process through which people with diabetes gain the knowledge and skills needed to modify their behavior and successfully self-manage the disease and its related conditions. This process incorporates the needs, goals, and life experiences of the person with diabetes and is guided by evidence-based standards.
Specific self-care behaviors :
- Healthy eating
- Being active
- Monitoring
- Taking medication
- Problem solving
- Healthy coping
- Reducing risks
Join us each Thursday, starting on April 4th and going until May 9th, from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM at the Hurricane Senior Citizen's Center located at 95 N 300 W, Hurricane, UT 84737. Any questions, please call (435) 673-3548. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you there!