Improving students' diabetes management through school-based diabetes care.

Introduction: The purpose of this pilot study was to conduct periodic diabetes care visits in school, with the goal of promoting optimal management of diabetes for high-risk youth.

Method: A convenience sample of 27 students receiving care at a university-affiliated children's diabetes center and enrolled in a large urban school district received the diabetes visit intervention. Intervention effect was measured by parent survey of home/school diabetes management practices, the Self-Efficacy for Diabetes Tool, and a diabetes care-provider survey of subjects' usual care, management competence, and glycemic control.