Kathleen Wolff1, Kerri Cavanaugh2, Robb Malone3,4, Victoria Hawk3, Becky Pratt Gregory5, Dianne Davis5, Kenneth Wallston1, Russell L Rothman6. 1. The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee (Ms Wolff, Dr Wallston) 2. Vanderbilt University Department of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (Dr Cavanaugh) 3. Nashville, Tennessee, the University of North Carolina, Department of Medicine (Dr Malone, Ms Hawk) 4. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Eshelman School of Pharmacy (Dr Malone) 5. Vanderbilt Diabetes Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Ms Gregory, Ms Davis) 6. Vanderbilt University, Departments of Medicine & Pediatrics, Nashville, Tennessee (Dr Rothman)
Abstract
PURPOSE: Diabetes self-management education is an important component of comprehensive diabetes care. Patients with low health literacy and numeracy may have difficulty translating information from traditional diabetes educational programs and materials into effective self-care. METHODS: To address this potential barrier to successful diabetes teaching and counseling, the authors developed the Diabetes Literacy and Numeracy Education Toolkit (DLNET). CONCLUSION: The DLNET is composed of 24 interactive modules covering standard diabetes care topics that can be customized to individual patient needs and used by all members of the multidisciplinary diabetes care team. The material's content and formatting aims to improve the ease of use for diabetes patients with low literacy and numeracy by adhering to a lower text reading level, using illustrations for key concepts, and color-coding and other accommodations to guide patients through instructions for self-care. Individual sections of the DLNET may be provided to patients for initial teaching, as well as for reinforcement. Although designed for lower literacy and numeracy skills, the DLNET provides unique materials to facilitate diabetes education for all patients.
PURPOSE:Diabetes self-management education is an important component of comprehensive diabetes care. Patients with low health literacy and numeracy may have difficulty translating information from traditional diabetes educational programs and materials into effective self-care. METHODS: To address this potential barrier to successful diabetes teaching and counseling, the authors developed the Diabetes Literacy and Numeracy Education Toolkit (DLNET). CONCLUSION: The DLNET is composed of 24 interactive modules covering standard diabetes care topics that can be customized to individual patient needs and used by all members of the multidisciplinary diabetes care team. The material's content and formatting aims to improve the ease of use for diabetespatients with low literacy and numeracy by adhering to a lower text reading level, using illustrations for key concepts, and color-coding and other accommodations to guide patients through instructions for self-care. Individual sections of the DLNET may be provided to patients for initial teaching, as well as for reinforcement. Although designed for lower literacy and numeracy skills, the DLNET provides unique materials to facilitate diabetes education for all patients.
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