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This section has links to additional health information, publications and guidelines for Americans. If you’re looking for diabetes-related recommendations, tools and tips – these are excellent sources. Discover encouraging materials to support healthy eating, physical activity and having a positive attitude!

Featured Resources: Health Literacy

People make important choices about their health every day. Focusing on health literacy can help people better understand the health information they’re given from doctors, clinics, hospitals, and other health care providers. Find resources on health literacy today.

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• Indian Health Service
  
  • Division of Behavioral Health: Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI)
    The MSPI supports 127 pilot programs across Indian Country. The initiative is a demonstration project for IHS, Tribal, and Urban Indian health programs, to develop and use evidence-based and practice-based models for culturally appropriate prevention and treatment of methamphetamine abuse and suicide.
  • Healthcare Communications: Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
    This toolkit offers providers the tools to minimize the risk that any one of their patients will not understand the health information they are given, thus allowing patients to make informed decisions about their health care.
  • IHS Healthy Weight for Life
    Promoting a healthy weight across the lifespan is critical to improving the health status and well-being of American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). Across the country, hundreds of thousands of AI/AN participate in innovative nutrition, physical activity and weight management programs.
  • Improving Patient Care – Improving the Quality of and Access to Care
    The aim of the Improving Patient Care program is to change and improve the Indian Health system. The IPC Foundations Series presents web-based seminars sharing tools and ideas developed by the IPC Collaborative.
  • Step-by-Step Guide to Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training (DSMT) Reimbursement [PDF - 5.8MB] - Provides information needed to obtain Medicare reimbursement for Diabetes Self-Managment Training (DSMT) services which can significantly improve a patient's access to equality care and can help improve outcomes.
    
    Medical Nutrition Therapy Resources
  • Dietitian's Guide to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) [PDF - 3MB]
    A tool designed for dietitians and nutritionists in the use of the EHR. The guide illustrates the use of EHR from beginning to end of the patient encounter. The tool can be used as an EHR training guide and a resource for existing EHR users.
  • Invest in Nutrition - Medical Nutrition Therapy and Reimbursement
    View a recorded CMS sponsored video cast with experts from IHS discussing MNT reimbursement.
  • Step-by-Step Guide to Medicare MNT Reimbursement [PDF - 5MB]
    Provides information needed to obtain reimbursement for Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) which helps increase access to MNT services throughout the Indian health care system.
    
    • Addendum, March 2012, Step-by-Step Guide to Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) Reimbursement [PDF - 1.6MB] - Use this reference for updated information in Appendices A, B, C, and F for the Step-By-Step Guide to MNT Reimbursement.
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• ADA Awakening the Spirit: Pathways to Diabetes Prevention & Control
  Awakening the Spirit is a community program from the American Diabetes Association (ADA). that shares important messages about diabetes:
  
  • No one should have to fight diabetes alone.
  • People with diabetes can manage it.
  • People with diabetes can live full lives.
  • People with diabetes can be well enough to watch their grandchildren grow up.
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• American Medical Association (AMA)
  The AMA became the first national medical organization to adopt policy recognizing that limited patient literacy affects medical diagnosis and treatment. The AMA Foundation’s goal is to create safer and shame-free health care environments for patients with limited health literacy, and by extension, to all patients. The AMA raises awareness of health literacy through its toolkits , manual for clinicians [PDF], health literacy video , and patient safety resources for use in healthcare settings.
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• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  
  • CDC Diabetes Public Health Resource
    The CDC's Division of Diabetes Translation translates diabetes research into daily practice to understand the impact of the disease, influence health outcomes and improve access to quality health care. The Diabetes Public Health Resource has many useful publications and tools:
    
    • Diabetes & Me provides basic information on diabetes topics for the general public.
  • Health Literacy: Accurate, Accessible and Actionable Health Information for All
    This site provides information and tools to improve health literacy and public health. These resources are for all organizations that interact and communicate with people about health, including public health departments, healthcare providers and facilities, health plans, government agencies, non-profit/community and advocacy organizations, childcare and schools, the media, and health-related industries.
    
    • Simply Put: A guide for creating easy-to-understand materials [PDF] - Simply Put helps educators transform complicated scientific and technical information into communication materials audiences can relate to and understand.
  • U.S. Map of Diabetes and Obesity Estimates by County – Now Including Physical Inactivity Data
    The U.S. map of county-level estimates for diagnosed diabetes and obesity now includes figures for physical inactivity also. Geographic regions at high risk for obesity, type 2 diabetes and chronic conditions related to physical inactivity can now be readily identified, using this online tool (2008 data).
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• Department of Health and Human Services
  
  • Million Hearts Initiative
    The Million Hearts™ Blood Pressure Toolkit for use with patients was designed to help address high blood pressure in your clinics and communities. Blood pressure control is critical to preventing heart attacks and strokes.
  • Consult the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, Toolkit and Fact Sheet for Professionals for an important science-based resource to help Americans aged 6 and older improve their health through appropriate physical activity. Also available are Be Active Your Way: A Guide for Adults and Spanish Physical Activity Guidelines Resources.
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• Department of Interior
  
  • The Let’s Move! Initiatives brings government agencies and people together to prevent childhood obesity.
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• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  HRSA offers a free online course titled Effective Communication Tools for Healthcare Professionals. The go-at-your-own-pace training has helped more than 4,000 health care professionals and students improve patient-provider communication.
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• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Knowledge Center
  IHI is an independent not-for-profit organization that works with health care providers and leaders throughout the world to achieve safe and effective health care. IHI works to accelerate improvement by building the will for change, cultivating promising concepts for improving patient care and helping health care systems put those ideas into action. See the IHI Offerings page for networks, seminars, virtual programs and strategic initiatives.
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• International Diabetes Federation (IDF)
  
  • The Diabetes Atlas, presents the most current global and regional information. View global diabetes data by country or continent with the Interactive Map.
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• Joslin Diabetes Center
  
  • Diabetes and Travel – 10 Tips for a Safe Trip
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• National Institutes of Health
  
  • Clear Communication: A NIH Health Literacy Initiative
    Health communication professionals must consider Clear Communication and all its facets when developing health materials and communication strategies for a range of diverse audiences. In fact, helpful materials are available on many aspects of health communication, including strategies and tactics, understanding audiences, and evaluation and planning.
  • NIH National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC)
    An information dissemination service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NDIC was established in 1978 to increase knowledge and understanding about diabetes among patients, health care professionals and the general public.
  • NIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Nutritious Recipes and Cookbooks
    The 'Deliciously Healthy Eating' site features more than 100 recipes created for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Check out their excellent suggestions for getting children involved in the kitchen.
  • The Heart Truth® from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
    2012 marks a decade of commitment to women's heart health. During American Heart Month in February, NHLBI reaffirmed its commitment to increasing awareness about heart disease among women and helping women take steps to reduce their own personal risk of developing heart disease.
  • 'What Is High Blood Pressure?' From National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
    High blood pressure is a serious condition that can lead to coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure and other health problems. The condition itself usually has no symptoms.
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• National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
  
  • Feet Can Last a Lifetime: A Health Care Provider's Guide to Preventing Diabetes Foot Problems.
    This comprehensive guide to foot care includes a quick-reference card for conducting a foot exam, a monofilament for sensory testing, and templates for waiting room posters and medical record stickers.
  • Have Diabetes. Will Travel. [PDF]
    While having diabetes shouldn’t stop you from traveling in style, you will have to do some careful planning. Here are some helpful diabetes travel tips in a convenient checklist from NDEP.
  • Living a Balanced Life with Diabetes: A Toolkit Addressing Psychosocial Issues for American and Alaska Native Peoples
    Download and print depression information for providers, and culturally-appropriate magazine articles for patients from the NDEP website. These materials are part of a new toolkit to help both patients and providers understand depression, its causes, and ways to treat and overcome it.
  • Move It! Posters
    This package includes all three posters found in the Move It! And Reduce Your Risk of Diabetes School Kit. The posters feature American Indian/Alaskan Native youth engaging in fun, healthful physical activity.
  • Tips for Kids: Stay at a Healthy Weight [PDF]
    This colorful, easy-to-read, reproducible tip sheet contains the basics about managing type 2 diabetes for children and their families. It also includes a list of resources where you can get more information for children.
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• President’s Council of Fitness, Sports & Nutrition
  
  • The Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA+) promotes physical activity AND good nutrition in a six-week program to help people on their path to health. Anyone aged 6 and older can sign up.
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• USDA Food and Nutrition Service
  
  • Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010
    These Guidelines are the corner stone of Federal Nutrition policy and Nutrition education activities to promote health, reduce risk of chronic disease and reduce prevalence of overweight and obesity.
  • MyPlate
    MyPlate is designed to remind Americans to eat healthfully and is based on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This initiative replaces MyPyramid. For more information about building a healthy plate, visit ChooseMyPlate.
  • Nutrition Standards for School Meals, January 2012
    Through the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, USDA is making the first major changes in school meals in 15 years. The new standards align school meals with the latest nutrition science and the circumstances of America’s schools. Read the press release.
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