Strengthening Health Literacy Through Structured Sessions for Non-Communicable Diseases in Low-Resource Settings: The Learning Nest Model.

Health literate self-management education is at stake for the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases in low resources settings and countries. Here we describe the Learning Nest in Ordinary Context (NA-CO in French, aiming at the structuring of health education programs at the micro- (education sessions) and the meso-levels (adapted to context). The Learning Nest model was designed based on a combination on health literacy principles and on studies conducted with vulnerable people with non-communicable diseases.

[Diabetes training in Mayotte].

In 2012, the paramedical Francophone Diabetes Society (SFD) visited Mayotte in the context of a training programme for health professionals. The training addressed diabetes prevention, self-monitoring of blood glucose and treatment management while respecting the population's cultural habits.