The aim of the project is to provide training courses for health care professionals in Cambodia and Vietnam in the care, management and education of people with diabetes.
Expected impact
50 health care providers trained to become trainers for other diabetes educators
250 health care providers trained in diabetes education
Approximately 207,000 people with diabetes have received diabetes education
Results at project completion
25 Vietnamese health care professionals participated in a two-step training-for-trainers course in Hanoi in September 2006 and 2007. In the intervening time between the courses, the participants completed projects in local communities.
35 Cambodian health care professionals participated in a two-step training-for-trainers course in Phnom Penh in January 2006 and 2007. In the intervening time between the courses, the participants completed projects in local communities.
125 educators were trained by trainers in Vietnam. Each educator saw approximately 60 persons with diabetes, amounting to a total of 7,500 persons having reached diabetes education.
Project details
Education of people with diabetes plays a major role in prevention of long-term complications and thus has a significant impact on course and outcome of the disease.
The Diabetes Education Consultative Section of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has developed an internationally accepted Curriculum for Diabetes Health Professional Education for training diabetes educators. The material is particularly relevant for the developing countries, where such training is not available and has been tested in culturally, geographically and socio-economically different regions of the developing world.
Camdodia and Vietnam have been selected as target areas for conducting a two-year training programme of diabetes educators. These countries will act as pilots for expansion of the IDF-inspired methods in the future.
Approach
The project builds on a "train the trainer" approach and has 3 parts:
The first part consists of two 5-days training courses of 25 health care providers per course. The courses will be interactive and based on the IDF curriculum and methods. If required, the material will be modified in accordance with the local cultural needs.
In the second part of the project, each of the 50 participants from the basic courses will be expected to set up a diabetes facility in their local community as well as train 5 other health care professionals in diabetes education, care and management. This part of the project will last for one year and throughout the whole period, the diabetes educators will have a mentor accessible via the Internet.
The third part of the project consists of a 3-day advanced programme one year after the basic courses.
It is expected that the diabetes educators will continue the training of health care staff also after the advanced programme, and in order to improve sustainability of the project, a continued support will be available through the online mentorship arrangement.
