{"title":"Diabetes Care at Summer Camps.","authors":"Lowell R Schmeltz, Nader Kasim","doi":"10.2337/dsi24-0010","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Attending summer camp can be a rewarding experience for children with type 1 diabetes and an opportunity for them to build their confidence and diabetes self-management skills. Diabetes camps are built to cater to the medical needs of children with diabetes. With proper communication, education, and resources, traditional summer camps can provide the same benefits.</p>","PeriodicalId":39737,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes Spectrum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11327165/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Diabetes Spectrum","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2337/dsi24-0010","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Attending summer camp can be a rewarding experience for children with type 1 diabetes and an opportunity for them to build their confidence and diabetes self-management skills. Diabetes camps are built to cater to the medical needs of children with diabetes. With proper communication, education, and resources, traditional summer camps can provide the same benefits.
期刊介绍:
The mission of Diabetes Spectrum: From Research to Practice is to assist health care professionals in the development of strategies to individualize treatment and diabetes self-management education for improved quality of life and diabetes control. These goals are achieved by presenting review as well as original, peer-reviewed articles on topics in clinical diabetes management, professional and patient education, nutrition, behavioral science and counseling, educational program development, and advocacy. In each issue, the FROM RESEARCH TO PRACTICE section explores, in depth, a diabetes care topic and provides practical application of current research findings.