Voluntary Organizations and Community Groups as New Partners in Diabetes Self-management and Education: A Critical Interpretative Synthesis

Conclusions
This review has uncovered a range of facets of voluntary organizations and community groups relevant for supporting diabetes self-management such as the context within which they act and the nature of relationships developed with community and health services. The principles of "assistance, support, sharing, and link" seem essential for this voluntary initiative in self-management to establish effective reciprocal collaboration with health professionals.

Source: The Diabetes Educator - September 21, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Portillo, M. C., Regaira, E., Pumar-Mendez, M. J., Mujika, A., Vassilev, I., Rogers, A., Wensing, M., Foss, C., Knutsen, I. R., Todorova, E., Roukova, P., Kennedy, A., Serrano, M., Lionis, C., Angelaki, A., Patelarou, E., Koetsenruijter, J. Tags: Features Source Type: research