Peer Reviewed Journals1. D Gunn1, P Mansell1,2. Glycaemic Control and Weight 7 Years after DAFNE Structured Education in Type 1 Diabetes
2. Leelarathna L, Ward C, Davenport K, Donald S, Housden A, Finucane FM, Evans M. Reduced insulin requirements during participation in the DAFNE (Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating) structured education programme. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2011 May; 92 (2): e34-6. Epub 2011 Jan 26
3. Rankin D, Heller S, Lawton J. Understanding information and education gaps among people with type 1 diabetes: A qualitative investigation. Patient Education and Counselling 2011: 83:87-914
4. Lawton J, Rankin D, Cooke D, Clark M, Elliot J, Heller S, for the UK NIHR DAFNE Study Group. Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating: A qualitative longitudinal exploration of the food and eating practices of type 1 diabetes patients converted to flexible intensive insulin therapy in the UK. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice 2011; 91:87-93
5. Rankin D, Cooke DD, Clark M, Heller S, Elliott J. How and why do patients with type 1 diabetes sustain their use of flexible intensive insulin therapy? A qualitative longitudinal investigation of patients' self-management practices following attendance on a Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (DAFNE) course. Diabetic Medicine 2011, 28, 532-538
6. Speight J, Amiel SA, Bradley C, Heller S, Oliver L, Roberts S, Rogers H, Taylor C, Thompson G. Long-term biomedical and psychosocial outcomes following DAFNE (Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating) structured education to promote intensive insulin therapy in adults with sub-optimally controlled type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice 2010; 89:22-29
7. LawtonJ, Rankin D. How do structured education programmes work? An ethnographic investigation of the dose adjustment for normal eating (DAFME) programme for type 1 diabetes in the UK. Social Science & Medicine 2010; 71:486-93
8. Murphy K et al. Participants' perceptions of the factors that influence Diabetes Self-Management Following a Structured Education (DAFNE) programme. Journal of Clinical Nursing doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03654.x
9. McIntyre HD et al. Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (DAFNE) - an audit of outcomes in Australia. Medical Journal Australia 2010; 192 (11): 637-640
10. Oliver L, Thompson G. The DAFNE Collaborative: Experiences of developing and delivering an evidenced based quality assured programme for people with Type 1 diabetes. Practical Diabetes International 2009; 26 (9); 371-377
11. Rogers H, Turner E, Thompson G, Hopkins D, Amiel SA. Hub and Spoke model for a 5-day structured patient education programme for people with Type 1 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine 2009; 26 (9): 915-920
12. Shearer A, Bagust A, Sanderson D, Heller S, Roberts S. Cost-effectiveness of flexible intensive insulin management to enable dietary freedom in people with Type 1 diabetes in the UK. Diabetic Medicine 2004; 21 (5):460-67
13. DAFNE Study Group. Training in flexible, intensive insulin management to enable dietary freedom in people with type 1 diabetes: dose adjustment for normal eating (DAFNE) randomised controlled trial. BMJ: 2002; 325: 746
"It's not dose adjustment for normal eating, it's dose adjustment for normal living"