Current situation of diabetes education and management in China at grassroots level

Diabetes mellitus is a worldwide public health problem, which is a serious threat to human health.WHO released the global diabetes report shows Chinese incidence of type 2 diabetes was explosive growth in the past few decades, but public awareness of diabetes is generally inadequate, especially at the grassroots level.Therefore, it is imperative to regulate the basic level of diabetes diagnosis and treatment.As one of the basic measures of diabetes treatment in our country, education and management of diabetes' foundation is weak, mainly for the lack of national basic medical and health institutions, dull form of education and lack of target, shortages of specialized diabetes staff.So in order to safeguards the success of primary diabetes education and management and improve the prevention of primary diabetes, it is necessary to establish a sound mechanism of reward system, make full use of various payment platform, strengthen the basic management of diabetes monitoring information construction and carry out the Internet education measures.This article reviews the current situation of education and management of primary diabetes. Key words: Diabetes; Health education; Management; Grass roots