EPP (Expert Patients Programme)
The Expert Patients Programme (EPP) is a free course for anyone living with one, or more, long-term health condition in Croydon. The six-week course is designed to boost your health and wellbeing, find solutions to common problems and help you feel more confident to manage your condition.
The Expert Patients Programme complements the care and support you already receive from healthcare professionals and will make you aware of other services and resources available in your area.
Weekly sessions cover a range of topics including:
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Managing symptoms
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Dealing with pain and tiredness
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Coping with feelings of depression and anxiety
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Healthy eating
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Exercise
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Managing stress
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Planning for the future
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Communicating with family, friends and health care
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Finding other health services in the community
DoSA (Diabetes for South Asians)
FREE Type 2 Diabetes Learning Programme
The DOSA Programme has been specially developed for people of South Asian origin and/or lifestyle. It takes you through 12 weeks of interesting learning about diabetes, in 2-week stages, and also includes 2 colourful leaflets covering ‘Managing Celebrations’ and ‘Healthy Eating and Cooking’ to give you inspiration!
Along with regular support contacts (at mutual convenience) with your facilitator, the DOSA is a programme that your whole family could get involved with too!
The DOSA Programme is unique and helps you build your confidence in managing your diabetes. It’s fully illustrated with useful, practical diabetes information.
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The DoSA (Diabetes For South Asians) programme includes the following elements:
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A 12-week programme guided manual, divided into 2-week steps
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Home based learning programme, with 3 scheduled contacts with a trained DoSA Facilitator
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A colourful, practical manual with space to self-assess and log activity, eating patterns and the effects of changes
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Authentic cultural images and recommendations
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2 practical, attractive and helpful companion leaflets, covering ‘healthy eating and cooking’ and ‘managing celebrations’. These contain vital information and helpful tips and advice on these topics, focusing on a: specifically South Asian lifestyle
DoSA has been fully developed, in conjunction with a panel of South Asian people with Type 2 diabetes.
DoSA is brought to the diabetes education by a collaboration including Successful Diabetes (writing and training, Rosie Walker), King’s College, London (original author Professor Jackie Sturt) and Spirit Healthcare (investor and educators).
Taking part in the DOSA programme means we will ask you to consent to contribute (anonymously) your health information and views about it, to show how effective it is.
Here’s a taste of the DoSA and its companion leaflets!
The DoSA programme manual gives a great deal of information, but also comprises active, practical exercises, quizzes, and self-assessments, to help people reflect on their health and plan to make beneficial changes.
Each 2-week stage is carefully introduced at the start, so people following the programme know exactly what to expect and where the focus will be. The stages complement and build on each other, giving a sense of progress and achievement.
The DoSA companion leaflets are highly practical, colourful and extremely relevant to these two important aspects of life. The short, relevant sections, tips and recommendations are designed to make healthy changes and attentive care of Type 2 diabetes both easy and possible, while still maintaining a South Asian lifestyle and culture. The companion leaflets are easily portable, for quick reference and reminders.
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