Teaching and Motivating Patients to Achieve Treatment Goals

Barriers to Self-Management of Diabetes . . . . . . . . . . 4 Health Literacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Cultural and Linguistic Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Special Needs of the Elderly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Adolescents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Persons with Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9