Event: Meet the authors - Diabetes footcare in dark skin tones handbook

During the live session, our expert authors will be on hand to answer all of your questions surrounding the creation, content, and resources within the 'diabetes footcare in dark skin tones' handbook.

This handbook has been designed to provide essential information as well as quick tips to healthcare professionals to improve foot care for people with dark skin living with diabetes.

Download the handbook for free here: https://diabetesafrica.org/footcare-h...

Featuring clinical assessments and visual/audio guides, this handbook is the product of a unique collaboration across healthcare professional specialties, and with input from people living with diabetes.

Disclaimer: Diabetes Africa received support from Mölnlycke in the form of a hands-off sponsorship to support the costs of authorship, publication and launch of this handbook.

00:00 - Intro
00:54 - Why is footcare important?
02:15 - What healthcare professionals said
02:43 - Sustained interest in the topic
03:41 - Authors and reviewers
06:00 - Why did Mölnlycke provide sponsorship to Diabetes Africa?
07:22 - The skin tone tool
12:19 - Don't rely on redness
17:45 - Common myths
29:35 - Discussion
19:54 - What are the challenges about dark skin tones when getting the footcare right?
38:50 - Using all of your senses when assessing feet
44:45 - What can we do to address inequity in footcare with diabetes
56:30 - What was the most surprising barrier that the project faced?
01:00:00 - What are the key take-home messages for people with access to less resources
01:03:30 - Diabetes Africa UK Forum