Diabetes Self-management
Diabetes self-management education improves your health and wellbeing and can improve your glucose control HbA1c and reduce your risk of diabetes related complications and costs associated with hospital visits.
There are seven key areas that are essential for successful and effective diabetes self-management:
- healthy eating
- being active
- monitoring (e.g. blood glucose and ketone testing)
- taking medication (e.g. oral and/or injectable)
- problem solving
- health coping
- and reducing risks.
For many people, learning about their diabetes is the first step to feeling better and living a longer, healthier life.
We’re here to help
For more information about the services available near you or for any clinical enquiries, we’re here to help. Please contact the Rural Support Service, Advanced Nurse Consultant, Diabetes Service on Health.DiabetesService@sa.gov.au.
Information that may also assist is available from:
Your feedback
We value feedback about our services. You can email your thoughts and comments about our regional diabetes services to Health.DiabetesService@sa.gov.au.