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• A Guide to Caring for Yourself When You Have Vision Loss

  This guide helps older adults and their family members cope with age-related eye diseases.  It includes information on healthy eating, being physically active, monitoring blood glucose, taking medications, coping, and other resources. En español

  American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

• ACP Diabetes Care Guide

  Registration Required

  This guide helps health care professionals improve care delivered to patients with diabetes across the entire spectrum—from prevention, screening and initial diagnosis to care of the hospitalized patient.  Includes tools and information to help patients manage their diabetes and make positive lifestyle changes.

  American College of Physicians (ACP)

• Conversation Map

  This program brings face-to-face, small-group sessions to life through conversation maps.  With the help of a trained facilitator, participants focus on the health information most relevant to them and relate it to their own experiences.  At the end of each session, participants create a workable plan for using what they learn to drive meaningful behavior change in their lives.  Training for facilitators is available.

  Healthy Interactions

• Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Provider Reference Guide

  This guide for health care professionals provides comprehensive diabetes information on prevention and control and cardiovascular disease.

  California Medical Association Foundation

• Diabetes Foot Care

  This online multimedia tutorial provides an overview of proper foot care for patients with diabetes.

  MedlinePlus

• Diabetes Prevention Program Study Documents

  These handouts provide facilitators with tools to implement the DPP intervention using strategies to achieve nutrition, physical activity and weight loss goals. En español

  Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)

• Diabetes Self-Management

  This website brings you the information you need to control your diabetes and improve your health.

  Diabetes Self-Management

• Get Heart Healthy! Cardiac Class Education Guide

  This resource guide provides health care professionals with six ready-to-use, interchangeable lessons to help patients get on track for heart-healthy eating.

  Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, General Mills

• Group Lifestyle Balance

  Cost Associated

  Registration Required

  The evidence-based Group Lifestyle Balance program is designed to help patients make lifestyle changes which can prevent diabetes and prevent or treat metabolic syndrome. This program provides education, encouragement and the tools necessary to help individuals reach their healthy lifestyle goals and is designed for non–diabetic, overweight individuals age 18 and older who have pre–diabetes and/or the metabolic syndrome.

  University of Pittsburgh Diabetes Prevention Support Center

• Guide to a Healthy Heart for Latinos

  This guide contains easy-to-understand charts and worksheets to help you track your diabetes health and work with your doctor to develop a plan to maintain a healthy heart. It is available in English and Spanish. En español

  American College of Physicians (ACP)

• High Blood Cholesterol: What You Need to Know

  This publication will help you find out what your cholesterol numbers mean and what treatment your doctor may prescribe to help lower your cholesterol level.  It includes a tool to estimate the risk for having a heart attack and outlines ways to reduce your risk.

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• Journey for Control

  This website is filled with information about living with diabetes and developing habits for healthy eating and physical activity through small, sensible steps. En español

  Merck

• Living a Balanced Life with Diabetes: A Toolkit Addressing Psychosocial Issues for American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples

  Living a Balanced Life with Diabetes: A Toolkit Addressing Psychosocial Issues for American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples can help health care professionals address psychosocial issues with American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples. The toolkit contains a variety of culturally appropriate materials.

  National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)

• Move to Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure: Mission Possible

  This tip sheet provides helpful ways to lower the risk of high blood pressure through physical activity.

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Insitute (NHLBI)

• On the Move to Better Heart Health for African Americans

  This booklet provides concise information for African Americans on heart disease and its risk factors. It explains how to reduce risk factors for heart disease, prevent and control high blood pressure, lower blood cholesterol, prevent and control diabetes, manage weight, and stop smoking.

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• Patient Care Handouts

  These newsletters provide information on managing diabetes and preventing diabetes-related health problems.

  Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center

• PRESENT Diabetes

  These prerecorded lectures from experts in the field of diabetes cover topics ranging from prediabetes to foot care to diabetic emergencies.

  PRESENT Diabetes

• Steps Program

  These success stories from the Steps program demonstrate how communities reduced the burden of obesity, diabetes, and asthma by responding to community needs, creating healthier school environments, working in health care settings to improve patient care, and helping work sites improve employee health.

  Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

• Take Charge of Your Diabetes

  This comprehensive guide will help you control your diabetes by keeping a balance between what you eat, your physical activity, and your medication.  It will also help you take important steps to prevent diabetes-related health problems. En español

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Watch Your Weight!/¡Cuide su peso!

  This bilingual Spanish and English booklet provides helpful steps for Hispanics/Latinos to reduce your risk of a heart attack by making healthy lifestyle changes and watching your weight. En español

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• You Are the Heart of Your Family...Take Care of It Flipchart Presentation

  This bilingual Spanish and English presentation flipchart makes it easy to educate Hispanic and Latino Americans about the link between diabetes and heart disease.  It includes easy-to-understand illustrations, a scripted presentation, and two copier-ready handouts. En español

  National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)

• Your Guide to Lowering Cholesterol with Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes

  This easy-to-read booklet is designed to help you make the lifestyle changes that will lower your blood cholesterol and reduce your risk for heart disease.

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)