Dr Adriana Ventura and team will take the Diabetes and Emotional Health handbook to the ‘next level’ thanks to funding secured through the ADEA Diabetes Research Foundation.
We are delighted that a project grant submitted to the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA) Diabetes Research Foundation has been successful. Led by Dr Adriana Ventura and Dr Christel Hendrieckx, the project is titled ‘Supporting people with diabetes distress: Development and pilot randomised controlled trial of an online training module for health professionals’.
The objective of the project is to deliver a practical, evidence-based online training module to support health professionals to identify and address diabetes distress in adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. The content of the module will be based on previous work on the Diabetes and Emotional Health handbook, taking this already high-quality resource to the next level. A randomised controlled trial will provide important evidence for the effectiveness of the online training module for improving health professional knowledge, motivation and confidence to identify and address diabetes distress in clinical practice.
Once a fully functioning and pilot tested training module is available, the ACBRD plans to offer the module to ADEA members as a tool for continuing professional development (CPD). The online training module is expected to significantly increase health professionals’ ability to manage emotional health issues in clinical practice.
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