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Patient Education

Understanding how stress and depression can affect diabetes and significantly impact the quality of life of people with diabetes is essential to the management of their condition. Below are resources for patients on how to educating yourself on how to cope with diabetes.
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National Diabetes Fact Sheet - 2011 (pdf) - Feb 11th, 2011
A helpful fact sheet for patients and clinicians on diabetes facts. Easy to Read.

The Diabetes Dictionary (Web Page) - Feb 10th, 2011
A searchable Web page on terms helpful for diabetes patients and clinicians from NIDDK, NDIC, NIH updated in 2006. English.

The Diabetes Dictionary - Spanish (Web Page) - Feb 10th, 2011
A searchable Web page on terms helpful for diabetes patients and clinicians from NIDDK, NDIC, NIH updated in 2006. Spanish.

What's Your Score on the Stress Test? (pdf) - Feb 8th, 2011
A 5-page handout on stress from NDEP includes A Stress Screening Test that allows patients and clinician to assess stress levels.

How You Can Help Your Loved One with Diabetes (pdf) - Feb 8th, 2011
How to Support and Help a Loved one, Family Member, and/or Friend Deal with Diabetes

Depression Recognition and Assessment in Older Homecare Adults (Web Page) - Feb 8th, 2011
Presentation outlining the need for homecare nurses to identify and be able to deal with depression in older patients. Powerpoint presentation by Martha Bruce, PHD, MPH.

Free Diabetes ID Necklace (Web Page) - Feb 8th, 2011
This web page is from the Diabetes Wellness Network and provides ordering a information for free ID necklaces.

Medicare Part B Covered Diabetic Testing Supplies for Diabetics (Web Page) - Feb 8th, 2011
Medicare covers certain supplies if a beneficiary has Medicare Part B and has diabetes. Full list of what it covers and doesn't, which is helpful for patients and clinicians.

Diabetes: Monitoring Your Blood Sugar Level for Families (Web Page) - Feb 8th, 2011
A great family resources for parents dealing with children newly diagnosed with diabetes from the FamilyDoctor.org.

Keep Your Teeth and Gums Healthy (Web Page) - Feb 8th, 2011
An easy to read 20 page booklet from NIDDK, updated in 2008. Too much glucose in the blood for a long time can cause diabetes problems.

What is Diabetes? (Web Page) - Feb 8th, 2011
A detailed explanation about what diabetes is and the different types for someone newly diagnosed. A great resource for patients and easily printable. Easy to Read.

Nutrition Fact Sheets - for Patients (Web Page) - Feb 3rd, 2011
Eat Right nutrition tip sheets provide practical food and nutrition guidance for healthy eating. These educational handouts are written by ADA staff registered dietitians.

What Do My Cholesterol Levels Mean? (Level 2) (Web Page) - Feb 3rd, 2011
Handout discussing HDL and LDL cholesterol levels and triglycerides levels.

National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2011 (pdf) - Feb 2nd, 2011
CDC's fact sheet on diabetes. Great patient resources and easy to print and distribute.

105 Million in US Have Diabetes or Prediabetes, CDC Says (Web Page) - Feb 2nd, 2011
Diabetes now affects nearly 26 million Americans of all ages and 79 million people have what doctors call "prediabetes,"

NVS nutrition label - English (pdf) - Feb 1st, 2011
Screening tool that identifies patients at risk for low health literacy. The tool can be administered in a clinical setting in just three minutes.

NVS Nutrition Label - Spanish (pdf) - Feb 1st, 2011
Screening tool that identifies patients at risk for low health literacy. The tool can be administered in a clinical setting in just three minutes.

Diabetes and Dental Care (Web Page) - Feb 1st, 2011
When you have diabetes, high blood sugar can take a toll on your entire body — including your teeth and gums.

Improving Vaccination Rates in Adults and Children with Diabetes (Web Page) - Jan 12th, 2011
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) has launched an awareness initiative to address alarmingly low influenza vaccination rates in adults and children with diabetes, the fifth deadliest disease in the U.S. More than 15 leading medical and public health organizations support the...

Clearing the Air: Quit Smoking Today- Level 2 (Web Page) - Sep 27th, 2010
Booklet on How to Successfully Quit Smoking

Lift Your Spirits - Level 3 (pdf) - Aug 1st, 2010
Recommendations for individuals suffering with depression on how to keep active, social, and feeling better.

 


The development of the hypertension and chronic stable angina project was made possible by a grant from the New York State Attorney General on behalf of the Attorneys General of all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico from litigation settlement funds to benefit the healthcare needs of consumers with high blood pressure and angina. Original funding for the site was provided in part by US Congress and CDC. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC.