1Department of Medical Education, Diabetes Research and Training Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2Indian Health Service, Albuquerque, New Mexico
3MidAmerica Diabetes Associates, Wichita, Kansas
4VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington
5Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
6Lakeshore Apothacare, Two Rivers, Wisconsin
7Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
8Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland
9VA Ann Arbor Health Care System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
10Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetes Research and Training Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
11International Diabetes Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
12Diabetes Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
13Patient Centered Solutions, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Address correspondence to Martha M. Funnell, 300 N. Ingalls, 3D06, Box 0489, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0489. E-mail: [email protected]
The previous version of the “National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education” was originally published in Diabetes Care 23:682–689, 2000. This version received final approval in March 2007.
A table elsewhere in this issue shows conventional and Système International (SI) units and conversion factors for many substances.
Abbreviations: CQI, continuous quality improvement; DSME, diabetes self-management education; DSMS, diabetes self-management support; FHL, functional health literacy; JCAHO, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations