A History of Patient Education for People with Diabetes: A Very Personal View

Although maybe not the most fashionable area of study today, French science has a secure place in the classical canon of the history of science. Like the Scientific Revolution and Italian science at the beginning of the seventeenth century, French science, particularly eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century French science, remains a safe, albeit conservative, bet in terms of history-of-science teaching and research. The classic trope of the passage of the flame of European science from Italy to Britain and France in the seventeenth and then eighteenth centuries is well established in overviews of the field. Specializing in research in this area is not, therefore, unreasonable as a career choice if you are aiming for a history-of-science position in Europe or even in the US. The Académie (royale) des sciences, with its state-sponsored model of collective research, provides a striking counterpoint to the amateur, more individualistic functioning of London's Royal Society – a foretaste of modernity in the institutionalization of science. Clearly naive, such a representation of French science serves as a good initial framework on which to hang half a century of critical historical research. If proof of the continued interest for eighteenth-century French science is needed, we can cite the Web-based project around Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie currently in progress under the auspices of the French Academy of Sciences. The large number of publications in the history of French science (in English as well as French) make it unreasonable to pick out one or two for special attention here. But what about history of science in France and the academic community that practises this discipline today? Here, I offer a very personal view and analysis of this community, trying to underline contrasts with the history of science in the UK and the US.

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A Prospective Study of Nurse and Patient Education on Compliance with Sequential Compression Devices

The American Surgeon ◽

10.1177/000313480607201018 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 72 (10) ◽

pp. 921-923 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

David Stewart ◽

Nia Zalamea ◽

Ken Waxman ◽

Rob Schuster ◽

Michael Bozuk

Keyword(s):

Patient Education ◽

Prospective Study ◽

Statistical Significance ◽

Compliance Rate ◽

Daily Experience ◽

Incremental Value ◽

Surgical Units ◽

Before And After ◽

History Of ◽

A Prospective Study

Sequential compression devices (SCD) have become the most common form of prophylaxis against the formation of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) among surgical patients. However, compliance with SCD has traditionally been poor. The aim of this study was to assess the affect of patient and nurse education by surgeons on SCD compliance. This was a prospective study involving a single teaching hospital. Compliance was checked twice daily. The main outcomes were compliance rates with SCD use before and after nurse and patient education. Nurses were not aware of the study. Surgical floors had a history of resident and attending interactions regarding SCD, whereas nonsurgical floors did not. A handout that emphasized SCD importance was also given to patients on surgical units. Before education, surgical units had a compliance rate of 61.5 per cent, whereas nonsurgical units had a 48 per cent compliance rate. This difference was significant (P = 0.014). After nursing and patient education on the busiest surgical floor, compliance rates on the surgical ward increased to 65 per cent, a difference that was not of statistical significance (P = 0.515). A nursing unit's daily experience is the most important factor in their compliance rates with SCD use. Focused nursing lectures and patient education may have incremental value.

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Civil Airworthiness

Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society ◽

10.1017/s0001924000094380 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 70 (661) ◽

pp. 253-257 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Walter Tye

Keyword(s):

Personal View ◽

History Of

This account of the development of civil airworthiness comes from one who has been closely concerned. It is therefore a somewhat personal view. However, a tree in the heart of a wood must be forgiven if it knows best the trees in its immediate vicinity and if its perspective of the whole wood is restricted.I have tended to relate the history of airworthiness to the development of airworthiness regulations, chiefly because these events are more clearly marked historically.

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A history of patient education by health professionals in Europe and North America: From authority to shared decision making education

Patient Education and Counseling ◽

10.1016/j.pec.2010.01.015 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 78 (3) ◽

pp. 275-281 ◽

Cited By ~ 116

Author(s):

Ciska Hoving ◽

Adriaan Visser ◽

Patricia Dolan Mullen ◽

Bart van den Borne

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Patient Education ◽

North America ◽

Shared Decision Making ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Shared Decision ◽

History Of

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Therapeutic patient education: A solution to the treatment of obesity and metabolic syndrome in psychiatry

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.540 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (S1) ◽

pp. S471-S472

Author(s):

A. Bailly ◽

L. Fau ◽

C. Lourioux ◽

N. Gramaje ◽

A. Mechain ◽

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Keyword(s):

Metabolic Syndrome ◽

Patient Education ◽

Education Program ◽

Therapeutic Patient Education ◽

Patient Education Program ◽

Individual Care ◽

History Of ◽

Competing Interest ◽

Treatment Of Obesity ◽

A Prospective Study

Introduction/objectivesObesity and overweight are major public health issues. Obesity is a risk factor associated with many non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, certain types of cancers, musculoskeletal disorders and cardiovascular, dermatological or gastroenterological diseases. Patients with severe psychiatric disorders have a higher risk of developing overweight or obesity than the general population. The risk of obesity in schizophrenics patients can be multiplied by a factor ranging from 2.8 to 3.5. Patients suffering from mood disorder have sightly lower risk of obesity, however we still consider a factor ranging from 1.2 to 1.5. This significant weight gain can be partly explained by medication.MethodsThe hospital centre Le Vinatier, in France, has developed a therapeutic patient education program in helping patients to self-manage their preventable disease. In order to tackle the multifaceted nature of obesity, the program used the expertise of many different professionals: general practitioners, dieticians, dentists, physical adapted education teachers, pharmacists, nurses and so on. This programme is provided for patients suffering from obesity or an overweight complicated by diabetes, or/and metabolic syndrome, and/or history of cardiovascular diseases or/and a failure of a dietary monitoring. The program includes individual care and collective workshops in nutrition, oral heath, body image, adapted physical education, and roundtable.Results/conclusionsA retrospective study has already shown that this therapeutic patient education program, like others before, presented better results than dietary consultations. A prospective study is currently being carried out to validate these results in the long term and to demonstrate the benefit associated to this program.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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