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September 11, 2017
Chronic conditions, such as arthritis, diabetes, and heart, lung, or brain diseases, are a part of most Americans’ lives. People with chronic conditions, as well as their caregivers, live with and adapt to the presence of these diseases.
While people with chronic conditions or their caregivers can rely on health care providers for advice, prescriptions, and medical services, the ability to “self-manage” their day-to-day lives and the disease with which they live is very important. Valuable
programs, which have been demonstrated to be effective through rigorous research, are available to educate people about self-management.
ACL's new issue
briefing documents the presence of chronic conditions in the U.S. population, discusses self-management programs generally, and then focuses on those programs that rely on peer leaders who educate small groups about chronic disease self-management.
The issue briefing describes the research underpinning the successful testing, implementation, and scaling-up of this program in the U.S. Finally, it offers options for states and localities to consider related to implementing and sustaining chronic disease
self-management programs.
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