5.0.0.0 DI­A­BETES SELF-‍MAN­AGE­MENT ED­U­CA­TION AND SUP­PORT

As for those with es­tab­lished di­a­betes, the stan­dards for di­a­betes self-‍man­age­ment ed­u­ca­tion and sup­port (see Sec­tion 5 “Lifestyle Man­age­ment”) can also apply to peo­ple with predi­a­betes. Cur­rent­ly, there are significant bar­ri­ers to the pro­vi­sion of ed­u­ca­tion and sup­port to those with predi­a­betes. How­ev­er, the strate­gies for sup­porting suc­cess­ful be­hav­ior change and the healthy be­hav­iors rec­om­mend­ed for peo­ple with predi­a­betes are com­pa­ra­ble to those for di­a­betes. Al­though re­im­burse­ment re­mains a bar­ri­er, stud­ies show that pro­viders of di­a­betes self-‍man­age­ment ed­u­ca­tion and sup­port are par­tic­u­larly well equipped to as­sist peo­ple with predi­a­betes in de­vel­op­ing and main­taining be­hav­iors that can pre­vent or delay the de­vel­op­ment of di­a­betes (21,58).