Steering Wheel of Self-Management
Description: This culturally adaptable visual tool helps patients understand diabetes as something they actively guide drive rather than passively receive care for. Using a simple wheel with spokes for food, exercise, and medicines, it translates abstract Western health concepts into familiar, concrete imagery. The metaphor supports low‑literacy and multilingual patients, reinforces personal control, and helps them set clear, achievable self‑management goals.
Author: EthnoMed
Audience
Healthcare providers
Patients/Caregivers
Language
English
Spanish
Resource Type
Patient tools and logs
Toolkits
Topic Areas
Diabetes/Chronic disease management
Lifestyle
