Journal of Education and Health Promotion 2277-9531 5 2 2015 03 01 An empowering approach to promote the quality of life and self-management among type 2 diabetic patients 1 8 26700 EN . Azar Tol . Fatemeh Alhani Department of Nursing, School of Medicine, Tarbiat Modarres University . Gholamreza Sharifirad . Nahid Moazam Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Journal Article 2023 01 25 Type 2 diabetes is one of the most serious health concerns and policy agendas around the<br />world. Epidemiological evidence suggests that it will likely continue to increase globally.<br />Diabetes is strongly associated with the patients’ unhealthy lifestyle and behavioral patterns<br />and socio-economic changes. New model of thinking is required to recognize whether the<br />patients are in control of and responsible for the daily self-management of diabetes. Such a<br />new approach should be based on ‘empowerment and involvement’ to be more applicable<br />to daily activities in diabetic patients. Rapid changes toward patient empowerment and<br />increasing involvement of patients in their care plan indicate more emphasis on disease<br />prevention and health promotion and education than on mere disease and its treatment.<br />Such changes make a step toward pervasive sense of responsibility among patients<br />about their illness for their daily activities. Using the empowerment approach, healthcare<br />professionals would help patients make informed decisions in accordance with their particular<br />circumstances. Patient empowerment implies a patient-centered, collaborative approach<br />that helps patients determine and develop the inherent capacity to be responsible for their<br />own life. Empowerment is something more than certain health behaviors. Empowerment<br />is more than an intervention, technique or strategy. It is rather a vision that helps people<br />change their behavior and make decisions about their health care. It has the potential to<br />improve the overall health and well-being of individuals and communities, and to change<br />the socio-environmental factors that cause poor health conditions. The main concept of this<br />change is the tendency to change.<br /><br /> https://jehp.mui.ac.ir/article_26700_60ab18c55fc1bf45b70467fbe57fe52f.pdf