On Demand Webinar: Language matters: The impact on people living with diabetes
This is the final ABCD webinar in a series of four.
Recently the language used during clinical consultations between health care professionals and people with diabetes has become an important focus of attention. We know that using negative or judgemental language can have a serious impact on the experiences of clinical care and the aftermath, when individuals and their families return to their daily lives.
This talk by Professor Cathy Lloyd from The Open University will discuss the effects of negative language and recommend ways to change both verbal and non-verbal language in order to improve clinical outcomes and diabetes self-management.
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Language matters: The impact on people living with diabetes
Speakers
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Professor Cathy Lloyd
Dr Cathy Lloyd is Professor of Health Studies at The Open University, UK. She has an international reputation for research in the psychosocial field of diabetes. Her research includes work on diabetes and mental health taking an inclusive approach to her work and promoting positive and appropriate language for clinical encounters between people with diabetes, obesity and health care professionals. She teaches health and social care to undergraduates and supervises a number of doctoral students. Professor Lloyd leads the Community Interventions Network for Diabetes and Depression (CoIN-DD), a collaborative research group for academics, researchers and clinicians in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania. She is the Project Lead for a global study in 15 countries, the International Prevalence and Treatment of Diabetes and Depression (INTERPRET-DD) Study investigating the prevalence of recognised and unrecognised depression, diabetes-related emotional distress, and the country-specific care pathways that are initiated to treat co-morbid diabetes and depression. -
Dr. Dinesh Nagi
Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology
Dr Dinesh Nagi is currently working as an Honorary Consultant in Diabetes and endocrinology at Pinderfields Hospital Wakefield. Having served as Chairman of the ABCD between 2017-2020, he has recently taken up the role of Vice-Chairman of the DCT (Diabetes Care Trust) UK, a charitable trust which works closely with the ABCD. His main interest in diabetes was to promote Integrated Diabetes Care among Primary and Specialist Diabetes Services.
