Diabetes education cascade programme, Turkey

Objectives

To train 200 HCP in 20 cities on basic diabetes care, prevention, and management
To train 120.000 diabetes patients in self-management
To implement trainings in cities with the highest refugee rates

Approach

The project intends to refine and scale up outcomes of completed project WDF11-626. The project scale up will be combined with a response to the Syrian refugee crisis in Turkey.

Firstly, the project will train Family Health Employees (FHEs) to become patient educators skilled in diabetes prevention and care. The trained FHEs will then be responsible for implementing diabetes education sessions for diabetes patients and establishing patient support groups.

The project model will also be rolled out in areas where Syrian refugee populations reside. The project materials will be adapted to the refugee context and translated to Arabic. Training of Syrian health care staff recruited among the refugee population and education sessions for Syrian refugees living with diabetes will be undertaken.

Project outcome will be assessed by evaluation tests and changes in HbA1c / BMI levels.

Expected results

200 FHCs trained in basic diabetes care.
120,000 diabetes patients reached through education sessions
720,000 people expected to be reached with information.

Project information

  • Project Nr.:
    WDF18-1587
  • Project status:
    Completion phase
  • Intervention areas:
    Access to care
    Prevention
  • Region:
    Europe
  • Country:
    Turkey
  • Partners:
    Turkish Diabetes Association
  • Project period:
    2019 2023
  • Project budget:
    EUR 1,879,074.00
  • WDF contribution:
    EUR 582,474.00