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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A pilot project to help students with type 1 diabetes to manage their condition is underway at Leeds Metropolitan University.
The programme - headed up by Dr Victoria Archbold, a Senior Lecturer in Physical Activity, Exercise and Health - explores the experiences of current Leeds Metropolitan students who have diabetes.
The aim is for the students and project researchers to pool their ideas and experiences and come up with a product which will provide useful information and management strategies for diabetic students who are new to university life.
Dr Archbold, said: ?For many first-time students pressures such as forming new friendships and managing their own finances means that the transition to university life can be fraught with anxiety. But for students with type 1 diabetes they also have the added issue of trying to safely manage their condition throughout this new phase.
?We know from current research, that individuals with diabetes who are aged 16-24, are less likely to engage in regular health checks and access the services they need than those outside that age group.
http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/news/students-to-create-diabetes-support-tool14052012.htm?type=external
The programme - headed up by Dr Victoria Archbold, a Senior Lecturer in Physical Activity, Exercise and Health - explores the experiences of current Leeds Metropolitan students who have diabetes.
The aim is for the students and project researchers to pool their ideas and experiences and come up with a product which will provide useful information and management strategies for diabetic students who are new to university life.
Dr Archbold, said: ?For many first-time students pressures such as forming new friendships and managing their own finances means that the transition to university life can be fraught with anxiety. But for students with type 1 diabetes they also have the added issue of trying to safely manage their condition throughout this new phase.
?We know from current research, that individuals with diabetes who are aged 16-24, are less likely to engage in regular health checks and access the services they need than those outside that age group.
http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/news/students-to-create-diabetes-support-tool14052012.htm?type=external