Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common endocrine and metabolic conditions in childhood.\nObjectives: to determine the effect of educational program on the adolescences children knowledge and reported practices with type 1\ndiabetes.\nMethod: Design pretest -posttest design was utilized to conduct this study.\nSetting: study was conducted at outpatient clinic for diabetes at Minia University Hospital for Obstetrics and Pediatrics.\nSample: 50 adolescences children with type 1 diabetes.\nTools: Pre-designed questionnaire sheet and Educational and training program.\nResults: this study showed significant improvement in adolescences knowledge and reported practices in post/test I and II.\nConclusion: after the implementation of the program, there was remarkable improvement of adolescences children knowledge and reported\npractices.\nRecommendations: a developed program should be applied and repeat again every 6 months in the same study setting and adopted in\nother similar settings with required modifications, provision of continuing education programs
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