Train Peer Supporters
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Unit 1: General Knowledge and Content
Content that applies across all units and all core functions of peer support.
Module 1.1 The Nature of Diabetes
The purpose of this section is to provide background information on diabetes and diabetes self-management for those unfamiliar with the basics of the disease.
- General Diabetes Information
- Metabolic Control
- Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Control
- AADE 7 Self-Care Behaviors
- Standards for Diabetes Education
Module 1.2 Support Skills
The purpose of this section is to provide information on skills essential to supporting people with diabetes for anyone in a formal peer support role, including peer supporters, diabetes educators, and health care professionals.
- Teaching and Facilitation Skills: building general teaching and group facilitation skills.
- Communication Skills: building interpersonal communication and listening skills.
- Counseling Skills: building counseling skills, including stage-based advising.
- Motivational Interviewing
- Ethical Considerations
Disclaimer: Peer Support Resources
Peers for Progress aims to serve peer support programs around the world by providing a compilation of web-based resources for developing and enhancing these programs. Framed by peer support's core functions as outlined in Learn, we selected these materials from varied sources and from materials provided to us. In doing so, we have sought to include materials that reflect state-of-the-art knowledge of diabetes, peer support, diabetes management, and health promotion. Users should exercise their own judgment in assessing the appropriateness of materials for their own setting and population. Peers for Progress assumes no responsibility for the quality of evidence on which materials are based or consequences of their use.
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