[Pediatric diabetes health Service from East canton of Vaud : towards a model of proximity care delivery ?]

Learning to live with a chronic condition is one of the greatest challenges regarding health today, either at individual or societal level. Type 1 diabetes affecting young people and their family raises new care delivery. Proximity structures, inserted into the regional network, accessible and responsive to the needs of patients and their families, are thus promising to encourage empowerment in persons affected by a chronic disease as well as in their entourage.