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MCN What Is Diabetes? SPN/ENG
MCN Acanthosis Negricans Brochure
January 2007 Heptalk Listserv Archive
When we traveled across the country to visit your clinics, many of you expressed concerns about lack of funding for adult immunization and testing. Reprinted from the Immunization Action Coalition, we pass along an opportunity: IAC Express, Issue Number 642, January 24, 2007.
Amigos en Salud/Friends in Health
Amigos en Salud /Friends in Health offers materials designed to assist in conducting an outreach and patient education program for people with type 2 diabetes based on a strategy that combines peer education, behavior modification and diabetes self-management.
MCN Diabetes & Cardiovascular Health SPN/ENG
American Academy of Family Physicians - Family Practice Management Toolbox
The FPM Toolbox offers 150+ tools that you can use to improve your practice. Many of our tools are available to download as PDFs, MS Word or MS Excel files – all free of charge. To browse the Toolbox, simply click on a category name for a list of the tools offered on that topic.
MCN Diabetes & Kidney Disease SPN/ENG
Health Information Translations
Health Information Translations is a collaborative initiative to improve health education for limited English proficiency patients.
Health Disparities Depression Collaborative
The Health Disparities Collaboratives (HDC), through HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration, is an integrated and collaborative national effort to eliminate disparities and improve delivery systems of healthcare to all individuals living in the United States under the care of HRSA-supported Health Centers. The Management and treatment of depression is one of the HDC topics.
Healthy Roads Media
This site contains free health education materials in a number of languages and a variety of formats. They are being developed to study the value of these formats in providing health information for diverse populations in a variety of settings.
EthnoMed
The EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world.
Maternal and Child Health Library
The MCH Library's online catalog, MCHLine®, includes materials for consumers and professionals in numerous languages other than English, and the Organizations Database identifies additional sources for these materials.
National Alliance for Hispanic Health
As the nation's action, advocacy, and research forum for Hispanic health and well being, the National Alliance for Hispanic Health informs and mobilizes consumers, supports health and human service providers in the delivery of quality care, improves the science base for accurate decision making by promoting better and more inclusive research, promotes appropriate use of technology, insures accountability and advocates on behalf of Hispanics, and promotes philanthropy.
Plain Language G.R.I.D.
This is a one-page Word document containing information on how to assess the usability of written health materials for adults with low literacy. The document lists questions to ask regarding Grade Level; Relevance; and Interest and Design of written health materials. This document is adapted from materials created by the Canadian Public Health Association, National Literacy and Health Program.
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - Health Communication Activities
Contains tools for improving health literacy, government resources, and reports and research on health literacy issues.
Texas Diabetes Council - Diabetes Toolkit for Providers
The Texas Diabetes Council offers the Diabetes Tool Kit—a teaching aid for health care professionals who work with people who have diabetes. The Tool Kit includes patient education handouts in English and Spanish, which can be reproduced. The handouts address managing sick days, monitoring diabetes in pregnancy, developing an exercise program, and other important topics.
MCN What Does a Balanced Plate Look Like? SPN/ENG
State Loan Repayment Program
NHSC grants matching funds directly to States to operate their own loan repayment programs. Primary care health professionals who are providing full-time clinical services in a public or non-profit facility located in a federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area are eligible for this program.
