Addressing challenges and needs in patient education targeting hardly reached patients with chronic diseases.
Some patients do not benefit from participation in patient education due to reasons related to disease burden, literacy, and socioeconomic challenges. In this communication, we address more specifically both the challenges that these hardly reached patients face in relation to patient education programs and the challenges educators face when conducting patient education with hardly reached patients. We define principles for the format and content of dialogue tools to better support this patient group within the population of individuals with diabetes.
Health Promotion Research, Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte, Denmark.
Annemarie Reinhardt
AR
Varming
Health Promotion Research, Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte, Denmark.
Rikke
R
Torenholt
Health Department of Health Collaboration and Quality, Region of Southern Denmark, Vejle, Denmark.
Birgitte Lund
BL
Møller
Research & Knowledge, Danish Diabetes Association, Odense, Denmark.
Susanne
S
Vestergaard
Innocate, Kgs Lyngby, Denmark.
Gitte
G
Engelund
Chronic diseases; dialogue tools; health education; participation