New Beginnings: A Discussion Guide for Living Well with Diabetes

New Beginnings: A Discussion Guide for Living Well with Diabetes helps diabetes support group leaders facilitate discussions about the emotional aspects of living with diabetes. It uses stories about African Americans with diabetes to help identify family and social support needs and develop skills to address them. New Beginnings can be used to supplement diabetes self-management education sessions and in diabetes support groups.

The discussion guide contains tools and questions to lead a small group discussion with people who have diabetes and their family members. It has eight modules and tips and a session plan template.

Download the Guide pdf icon[PDF – 8 MB]

Emergency Preparedness
Adapted from “Module 6—Problem Solving and Emergency Preparedness,” of the New Beginnings Guide, this mini-lesson focuses on helping people with diabetes prepare for a disaster or emergency.

Emergency Preparedness Discussion Guide pdf icon[PDF – 800 KB]

Getting Ready for Your Health Care Visit
Adapted from “Module 8—Working with Your Doctor,” of the New Beginnings Guide, this mini-lesson focuses on helping people with diabetes get ready for visits with their health care team. It includes a short video, discussion, and activity.

Getting Ready for Your Health Care Visit Discussion Guide pdf icon[PDF – 1M]

Use the New Beginnings worksheets with group participants, and use the forms to keep track of administrative tasks.

The New Beginnings handouts are great for giving participants information they can use outside of group sessions.

Use these downloadable tools to promote New Beginnings in your community for people with diabetes and their families.

Integrate the emotional aspects of diabetes into diabetes clinical care. This approach can reduce confusion between depression and distress so that appropriate and targeted patient-centered interventions can occur.

This audio program includes three introductory modules for group leaders using New Beginnings:A Discussion Guide for Living Well With Diabetes including:

This program has been approved for CNE, CEU, and CECH credit through CDC Training Finder Real-time Affiliate Integrated Network (TRAIN). Visit the TRAIN registration page for more information about continuing education.

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Page last reviewed: May 16, 2018

Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention