A total of 65 children between eight and 17 years ofAdima) for children with this disease.
Thus, during the past week, minors have been in the Itinerant neighborhood of Cardeña, in the Valle de los Pedroches Natural Park (Córdoba).Most colonials come from Malaga and Province, although they have also been welcomed minor from Córdoba and Jaén.
The child endocrinology and adima unit monitor 450 children with type 1 diabetes.Detailed the Junta de Andalucía in a statement.
Since its inception, the endocrinologists José Luis Pinzón, of the Virgen de la Victoria Clinical Hospital, and Juan Pedro López Siguero, of the Maternal Child Hospital, have coordinated these children's camps, which for two years has also directed the pediatrician of the Estabel Leiva Children's Maternal.
The children's colonies have among their objectives the adaptation of the child with diabetes to recreational-sports activities, the formative reinforcement in an out-of-hospital area, the intensification of the link with the medical team that usually performs its follow-up and, without a doubt, the possibility of sharingExperiences, concerns and desires.
Likewise, another of the objectives of these meetings is to reduce the burden of the main caregivers, very involved in the process of coping with the disease.
The diabetological education process begins in the health center at the time when minors debut with diabetes, being the primary objective to achieve the independence of the family nucleus-initially, if they are small-and subsequently the independence and autonomy of the minorand adolescent.
Generally minors above the age of eight are already administered autonomously;This training already started in health centers is favored during their stay in the camp and many of these minors successfully achieve self -infection during these days.The colonies are attended by pediatric endocrine, endocrinologists of adults and pediatricians with experience in diabetes and general pediatrics.
One of the essential figures in these camps is that of the monitor with diabetes, teenagers who collaborate in their free time in the formation and care of these colonials.This structure allows motivation in this age group that has solidarity much more developed than self -care and through its participation in the formation of other colonials, they manage to advance in the coping of their diabetes.
In the words of Isabel Leiva, "among the priority objectives of the educational process in diabetes is to favor the autonomy of the child and her family, in order to prevent diabetes from becoming an obstacle to its integral development."
Another aspect that covers the camps is part of the training process of residents in the specialties of pediatrics and endocrinology, through daily group sessions in the analysis of the insulin adjustment individualized of each minor, as well as training sessions of updateIn technology management applied to diabetes.
This strategy allows homogenization of the assistance of professionals of two different services (pediatric endocrinology and adult endocrinology), promoting an adequate transition process in the care of these patients.
Also, for several years and with the collaboration of psychologists from the University of Malaga, the impact of camps on variables has been analyzedPsychosocial.The results of this analysis show an increase in quality of life, a decrease in anxiety, greater autonomy and coping of the disease, as well as greater excessiveization of it both in children and in their main caregivers.
