There are many diabetes patient education resources accessible online. The following is a list of additional resources that provide reliable patient education.
- Provides Clinical Support: Including Patient Education Library, information on COVID 19 & Diabetes, and Patient Resources for Community Health Workers. Provides information on National DPP and a Consumer Guide (interactive tool allows for comparing products)
- The Patient Education Library provides patient education handouts on a wide variety of topics in both English and Spanish. The handouts are written for high literacy patients.
- Some handouts are publicly available while others require an account and American Diabetes Association membership.
- Access to the Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes.
- Living with Type 2 Diabetes Program – free to patients, 12-month program.
- (800)-DIABETES (800-342-2383).
- Resources available in multiple languages.
- YouTube channel - videos that help with understanding diabetes.
- Patient-facing information regarding diabetes risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosing, monitoring, and preventing diabetes.
- Has a short, interactive virtual course on diabetes and heart disease, Let’s Talk About Diabetes, Heart Disease, & Stroke.
- Resources available in English and Spanish.
- Links to diabetes topics including self-care behaviors, access & affordability, blood glucose monitoring, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and vaccines, DKA and sick days, GLP-1 receptor agonist, healthy coping & diabetes, healthy holiday eating, hypoglycemia resources, improving medication adherence, insulin injections, and lifestyle resources.
- PDFs are reproducible.
- Includes a comprehensive pocket guide to continuous glucose monitors.
- Resources available in English and Spanish.
- Fact sheets on various diabetes topics including general information, complications, emotional health, gestational diabetes, lifestyle modifiers, and managing diabetes.
- PDFs are reproducible.
- Handouts are mixed in literacy level but primarily higher in literacy level.
- Easy to understand diabetes care handouts that include drawings to illustrate topics.
- Written for low literacy patients.
- Many materials are publicly available in eight languages.
- Also offers a selection for healthcare professionals and organizations at a cost of $25/handout, which allows reproducibility. If a healthcare professional or organization purchases at least five handouts, then the organization may add co-branding.
- Resources available in English and Spanish.
- Includes patient-facing topics but does not provide patient handouts.
- Has a comprehensive booklet for newly diagnosed patients with diabetes, 4 Steps for Managing Diabetes, written for a low literacy level.
- Resources available in English and Spanish.
- MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients and their families and friends. It is a service of the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, which is part of the National Institutes of Health.
- Resources available in English and Spanish.
- Provides a Basics of Diabetes Patient Manual and illustrated handouts on topics including alcohol, carbohydrate foods, exercise/chair exercises, complications, DKA, portion sizing, insulin administration, hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia, and living with diabetes.
- It is written for low literacy patients and is available in eight languages.
- PDFs are reproducible.
- MyPlate includes a number of printable materials, images, and graphics.
- Materials can be sorted by audience type and topic.
- PDFs are reproducible.