Organization of training of children with diabetes mellitus in the principles of self-help in the conditions of the union state of Russia-Belarus

Care and treatment of children and adolescents with diabetes is an important part of the health care system. A socially oriented state is obliged to provide this category of patients with the development and application of the latest methods in the field of preventive diabetology and demography, and is obliged to form and educate the correct behavior of children and adolescents, which must be implemented in the family, school, and educational organizations. Direct training of patients/parents of sick children in the use of the latest algorithms for specialized medical care for patients with diabetes is of great importance. The article outlines the modern principles of organizing work in «Schools of Diabetes Mellitus» and «Schools of Health», existing educational programs designed not only to provide knowledge about the disease, but also to teach patients the skills of self-monitoring of the disease, the principles of independent decision-making on treatment and prevention. The role of medical workers and the achieved results in the field of teaching/prevention of exacerbations of diabetes mellitus in the union regime both in Russia and the Republic of Belarus are presented.