From the field: Educating DR patients on gaining better diabetes control

From the field: Educating DR patients on gaining better diabetes control

As part of the Vision 2020 Links Programme, a team from the Diabetes Eye Screening Department at Homerton University Hospital in London, UK visited the University Hospital of West Indies (UHWI) in Kingston, Jamaica in June 2015. The purpose of the visit was to share the Homerton team’s experiences w...

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Main Author: Zhara Gregory
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London 2015-06-01
Series:Community Eye Health Journal
Subjects:
Diabetic retinopathy
Diagnosis and treatment
Case study
Communication
Diabetes mellitus
Jamaica
Patient care
United Kingdom
Online Access:http://www.cehjournal.org/article/from-the-field-educating-dr-patients-on-gaining-better-diabetes-control/
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spelling doaj-fa4aec973c024cc18ea130e702ea28752020-11-25T01:17:59ZengInternational Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), LondonCommunity Eye Health Journal0953-68331993-72882015-06-012892s12s13From the field: Educating DR patients on gaining better diabetes controlZhara Gregory 0Diabetes Specialist Nurse: Homerton, Diabetes Centre, London, UK. zhara.gregory@nhs.netAs part of the Vision 2020 Links Programme, a team from the Diabetes Eye Screening Department at Homerton University Hospital in London, UK visited the University Hospital of West Indies (UHWI) in Kingston, Jamaica in June 2015. The purpose of the visit was to share the Homerton team’s experiences with the UHWI’s ophthalmic department in support of their plans to start a pilot eye screening programme for diabetic patients. If it works, this programme would be implemented across the whole island in five years’ time.http://www.cehjournal.org/article/from-the-field-educating-dr-patients-on-gaining-better-diabetes-control/Diabetic retinopathyDiagnosis and treatmentCase studyCommunicationDiabetes mellitusJamaicaPatient careUnited Kingdom
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From the field: Educating DR patients on gaining better diabetes control
Community Eye Health Journal
Diabetic retinopathy
Diagnosis and treatment
Case study
Communication
Diabetes mellitus
Jamaica
Patient care
United Kingdom
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title From the field: Educating DR patients on gaining better diabetes control
title_short From the field: Educating DR patients on gaining better diabetes control
title_full From the field: Educating DR patients on gaining better diabetes control
title_fullStr From the field: Educating DR patients on gaining better diabetes control
title_full_unstemmed From the field: Educating DR patients on gaining better diabetes control
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publisher International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London
series Community Eye Health Journal
issn 0953-6833
1993-7288
publishDate 2015-06-01
description As part of the Vision 2020 Links Programme, a team from the Diabetes Eye Screening Department at Homerton University Hospital in London, UK visited the University Hospital of West Indies (UHWI) in Kingston, Jamaica in June 2015. The purpose of the visit was to share the Homerton team’s experiences with the UHWI’s ophthalmic department in support of their plans to start a pilot eye screening programme for diabetic patients. If it works, this programme would be implemented across the whole island in five years’ time.
topic Diabetic retinopathy
Diagnosis and treatment
Case study
Communication
Diabetes mellitus
Jamaica
Patient care
United Kingdom
url http://www.cehjournal.org/article/from-the-field-educating-dr-patients-on-gaining-better-diabetes-control/
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