Abstract

Educating type 2 diabetes adults about naturopathy, alternative medicine benefits

Author(s): Lisa Marie Portugal

This paper is the development of a type 2 diabetes health’s and wellness change initiative based on theories and principles of learning reflective of behaviorism, cognition, social constructivism, differentiated instructional best practices, and adult learning theory or Andragogy Theory. Principles of learning are developed and applied to create appropriate learning environments to meet the type 2 diabetes health and wellness needs of diverse adults in a variety of settings from a holistic, naturopathy, alternative medicine perspective.