Diabetes Empowerment Education Program
Curriculum Description
The Diabetes Empowerment Education Program, also known as DEEP™, is an education curriculum designed to help people with pre-diabetes, diabetes, relatives and caregivers gain a better understanding of diabetes self-care. Classes last a total of six weeks, providing participants with eight unique learning modules.
The next session will take place in the summer of 2018.
Program Goals
Goals of the DEEP curriculum include:
- Improving and maintaining the quality of life of persons with pre-diabetes and existing diabetes
- Preventing complications and incapacities
- Improving eating habits and maintaining adequate nutrition
- Increasing physical activity
- Developing self-care skills
- Improving the relationship between patients and health care providers
- Utilizing available resources
Class Guidelines
Classes incorporate the following guidelines:
- Evidence-based
- Eight learning modules, taught over six weeks
- Twelve to fifteen people per class
- Participatory teaching and learning
- Classes approximately one to two hours in length, depending on class size
- Can be taught by peer educators or community health workers (CHWs) who are usually lay people within the community
- Graduation after completion of at least 80 percent of the modules and completion of a pre and a post test