Study objectives
The objectives of the programme were to:
- Gain understanding of the challenges and issues facing children and adolescents with diabetes, as well as their caregivers, parents and others who support them;
- identify new avenues for improvement in psychosocial management of diabetes among children;
- stimulate new efforts to improve care for children, adolescents and young adults with diabetes and their families.
The DAWN™ Youth WebTalk Survey
The purpose of the DAWN™ Youth survey was to explore the unique attitudes, wishes and needs of young people with diabetes and parents of children with diabetes and their healthcare professionals. Specifically to:
The DAWN™ Youth Fact Finding Study was developed to complement the DAWN™ Youth WebTalk Survey, to
- benchmark national strategies, policies, initiatives and programmes to address the psychosocial and educational needs of children and youth with diabetes and their families
- identify gaps in national plans and policies and provide an advocacy platform for to call for improvement among policy-makers.
- enable the ongoing monitoring of progress in Novo Nordisk's efforts to facilitate implementation of the DAWN™ Youth Call To Action through national partnerships.
