Research Results
Systematic Reviews of the AADE7™ Self-Care Behaviors
In response to the rising burden of diabetes in the United States, and the evolution and advancement of the effective strategies to help patients' modify important self-care behaviors, AADE commissioned systematic reviews addressing AADE's seven self-care behaviors:
Diabetes and Healthy Eating
Rachel Clare Povey, PhD and David Clark-Carter, PhD, MEd
Link to Diabetes and Healthy Eating: A Commentary by Marion J. Franz, MS, RD, CDE
Interventions for Being Active Among Individuals with Diabetes
Jan Kavookjian, PhD, MBA; Betsy M. Elswick, PharmD; Tara Whetsel, PharmD
Link to Being Active: A Commentary by Sheri R. Colberg, PhD
Does Patient Blood Glucose Monitoring Improve Diabetes Control?
Lisa McAndrew, MS; Stephen H. Schneider, MD; Edith Burns, MD; Howard Leventhal, PhD
Link to Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose: A Commentary by Martha Mitchell Funnell, MS, RN, CDE
Medication Taking and Diabetes
Peggy Soule Odegard, PharmD, BCPS, CDE; Kam Capoccia, PharmD, BCPS
Link to Medication Taking: A Commentary by Nancy Letassy, PharnD, CDE
Problem Solving in Diabetes Self-management and Control
Felicia Hill-Briggs, PhD; Leigh Gemmell, PhD
Link to Problem Solving: A Commentary by Donna Tomky, MSN, RN, C-NP, CDE
Healthy Coping, Negative Emotions, and Diabetes Management
Edwin B. Fisher, PhD; Carolyn T. Thorpe, MPH, PhD; Brenda McEvoy DeVellis, PhD; Robert F. DeVellis, PhD
Reducing Risks in Diabetes Self-management
Suzanne Austin Boren, PhD, MHA; Teira L. Gunlock, MHA; Judith Schaefer, MPH; Ann Albright, PhD, RD
Editorial: AADE7™ Self-Care Behaviors
Fact Sheet: AADE7™ Self-Care Behaviors
AADE Foundation Funded Research Projects
AADE issues Requests for Applications (RFA) on topics relating to diabetes education. Past grants were awarded to examine barriers in diabetes education and evaluate innovative approaches to improving self-care behavior in managing T1D or T2D or a related condition.
Access to Diabetes Education: Conducted by Mark Peyrot, PhD.
This project investigated factors that relate to patients' ability to access diabetes self management education. It involves three study populations, physicians, diabetes educators and diabetes patients. Study Overview.








