Abstract: Background: Diabetes mellitus type 1, also known as juvenile diabetes, is a form of diabetes in which very few or no insulin is produced by the pancreas (CDC,2012).It is the most common type of DM in children and adolescents (Mireille C et al,2011).An upward trend of newly diagnosed T1DM in children (CDiC ,2013). From 2008 to 2013 the new case was 112 to 319 (CDiC,2013). 4.2 new cases of T1DM/100,000 children at the of age 0–14 years in 2013 (IDF).The international trends of T1DM at increasingly younger ages (Marília Costa Flora, et al; 2016). In 2015, one study shows that self-care knowledge gap in some areas of diabetes self- management. But there is a few study to self care practice of diabetes among Bangladeshi-children.(M.A.Sayeedet,.al;2013). Objective: The aim of this study is......
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