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Post–Session 4 Questionnaire
Administer the Post–Session 4 Questionnaire. Remind participants to write their names (or their
initials with their day and month of birth) on the questionnaires and to hand them in to you.
Preparation and Reminders for the Next Session
No optional activities are designed for Session 5, but you might choose to add an optional activity
from Session 3 or Session 4. Reviewing the responses on the pre–Session Questionnaires can help
you to select an activity that meets the interests and needs of the group.
If you will be adding an optional activity at the next session, remind participants that if they wish
to participate in that activity, they will need to stay longer (at least 2 hours).
If the optional activity involves traveling somewhere, ask for volunteers for carpooling, or discuss
other arrangements for transporting participants to the site of the activity.
Ask participants if they are willing to prepare and bring some healthful foods and the recipes for
these foods to share at the next session.
This is the time to ask participants how interested they are in learning more about diabetes.
From your review of the pre-program questionnaires from the frst session, and from your
interactions with the group during the past four sessions, you probably have a “feel” for how
much information the group would like on diabetes. Are most people participating in the Power to
Prevent program to make general healthy improvements in their lifestyle, or are they specifcally
interested in diabetes? How many people in the group have diabetes?
Ask whether the group as a whole wants a one-session general overview of diabetes or a more
detailed, three-session class. Try to reach a consensus by getting the whole group to agree instead
of putting the question to a vote. This decision will determine whether you conduct Session 6 in
one meeting or over three (or more) meetings.
NOTE: Session 6 must be taught by a trained health care professional (e.g., a certifed diabetes
educator or physician). Because this guest instructor will need advance notice, you must plan ahead
and ask now about the interests of the group. The NDEP recommends contacting local clinics or your
local chapter of the American Diabetes Association or the American Association of Diabetes Educators
for possible volunteers. See Session 6 for further suggestions.
Say: “Next week we’ll be discussing how to add healthy eating to your daily routine. Please
bring one food item that you prepare regularly to next week’s class, and also bring the
recipe. Be sure to use your GAME PLAN Food and Activity Tracker this week. I’d be
glad to stay and talk one-on-one with anyone having trouble using the tracker.
Remember, “Small Steps. Big Rewards”! And don’t forget to use the affrmation to help
you keep your pledge. We’ll see you next week.”
NDEP Power to Prevent Session 4 7