Culturally tailored lifestyle medicine
Diabetes Health Matters with Dr Joan St John
24/02/2026, 18:30 GMT (UK)
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People disengage when advice does not reflect their lives or resonate with them.
Diabetes Health Matters returns! Dr Joan St John will be joined by returning expert guest Nana Ocran, Lead Diabetes Lifestyle Medicine Coach at North Lewisham PCN, who will share how a culturally grounded approach can improve diabetes related health outcomes for people living with diabetes.
Understanding a lifestyle tailored approach to care is an important step for all healthcare professionals who are working towards closing the equity gap for people of Black, African and African-Caribbean heritage who live with diabetes.
Whether you are living with diabetes, supporting someone who is, or working in healthcare, you will leave this webinar with practical ways to adapt conversations, support behaviour change and make care more culturally responsive in everyday practice.
Disclaimer: Eli Lilly and Company and A. Menarini Farmaceutica Internazionale SRL have provided sponsorship to Diabetes Africa to support the costs of running the ‘Diabetes Health Matters’ event series, and have not had any input into the programme, content or selection of speakers.
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Dr Joan St John
GPwER Diabetes, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
Dr Joan St John is a General Practitioner (GP) with special interest in diabetes, and is currently working as GP Clinical lead in Diabetes for an area of North-West London, UK. She also works as part of the multi-disciplinary award-winning Brent Integrated Diabetes Service. Summary
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With ‘Diabetes Health Matters’, Dr Joan St John shares her lifetime experience caring for people from many different backgrounds and origins to tackle the hottest topics encountered through her practice. Dr St John brings together people with lived experience, healthcare professionals and other experts for a series of meetings focused particularly on African and Caribbean health. But the information you will hear about is universal and can be used by anyone.
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