Education Materials and Resources (Online Catalog)
The IHS Division of Diabetes has a 20 year history of providing diabetes care and education services to the American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Find free, culturally-relevant materials to prevent and treat diabetes and diabetes-related conditions.
FEATURED MATERIALS/RESOURCES
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1-page tool offers an easy-to-follow recipe for healthier whole wheat fry bread. Includes calories and fat grams. Photo of fry bread pieces illustrates what a portion size should be.
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- Nutrition
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
- Program Staff
- Format
- Self-print
This full-color poster features Doug Sam, a Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe member, with the words harvest, thrash, cook, serve, and pray. Downloadable for color printing on legal size paper.
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- Men's Health
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
- Program Staff
- Format
- Self-print
This full-color poster features Levi Walker, a Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians member, with the words get checked, ask, know, act, and follow-up. Downloadable for color printing on legal size paper.
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- Men's Health
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
- Program Staff
- Format
- Self-print
This full-color poster features Florentino Barril, a Tlingit Alaska Native, with the words dance, lead, teach, speak out, and drum. Downloadable for color printing on legal size paper.
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- Men's Health
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
- Program Staff
- Format
- Self-print
This full-color poster features Abe Bouscher, a Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians member, with the words create, hunt, gather, fish, and move. Downloadable for color printing on legal size paper.
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- Men's Health
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
- Program Staff
- Format
- Self-print
1-page article on promoting spiritual and mental health in Native families. Victor Rodriquez (Yaqui) talks about raising his daughters in a multi-cultural way, and supporting his wife Deonnah (Puyallup) as a mother in this.
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- Behavioral Health
- Men's Health
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
- Program Staff
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- Self-print
2-page article explores fitness trainer DeWayne Ungers (Siletz) life as an urban Indian, and how he is raising his three children in ways that are different from his own upbringing, while still instilling in them an appreciation for their Native heritage.
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- Men's Health
- Physical Activity/Exercise
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
- Program Staff
- Format
- Self-print
2-page tool is an easy-to-read question and answer sheet explaining prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. It helps patients and clients better understand how to prevent diabetes, and helps the newly-diagnosed to obtain a basic understanding of diabetes and diabetes management.
Options:
- Read and Share
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- Diabetes Prevention
- General Diabetes
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
- Program Staff
- Format
- Self-print
This 1-page article features the story of Eldrid Martinez (Tohono O'odham), who used to put substance use above taking care of his diabetes. He decided to change his life, gave up substances, and started taking care of himself and his family members. He is learning traditional and spiritual ways. He knows there is a lot more he can do, but is committed to continually becoming a better man.
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- Men's Health
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
- Program Staff
- Format
- Self-print
"1-page educational tool that helps clients find ways to enjoy powwows, feast days, graduations, and other celebrations while maintaining their healthy eating goals. Easy-to-use checklist offers tips to avoid nutritional traps like fatty treats, hidden calories and other temptations, and how to get right back on track the next day. Clients check off what they can do, then share their accomplishments with their health care provider.
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- Nutrition
- Weight
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
- Program Staff
- Format
- Self-print
3-page article features Charmayne Druley (Tlingit) a great role model of how to be a devoted wife and mother, and take care of your health and your heart. She shares five things she does regularly to keep her heart healthy. Includes (Questions and Answers About Women and Heart Disease.)
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- Heart
- Audience
- Patients/Clients
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- Self-print
2-page article about two Native women who share tips on how they help their families eat healthy while traveling to relatives tribes powwows and rodeos. One has diabetes and the other does not. They suggest packing coolers of healthy foods to help resist convenience store temptations.
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- Nutrition
- Audience
- Patients/Clients
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- Self-print
Barbara Mora, author of Using Our Wit and Wisdom to Live Well with Diabetes, was devastated when she learned she had diabetes. In this story she talks about how beading has helped her; it is meditative and allows her to process her feelings, quietly and creatively. This 5-page article contains a list of the other steps and people who helped Barbara overcome depression and become happy.
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- Behavioral Health
- Audience
- Elders
- Patients/Clients
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- Self-print
Understanding historical grief and trauma and how it impacts Native people today is one of the first steps to preventing and managing diabetes. Read this 3-page article about real-life examples of how historical grief and trauma manifests itself in unhealthy habits and how Native people overcame trauma to live joyful lives.
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- Behavioral Health
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
- Program Staff
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- Self-print
3-page article features Acoma Pueblo member, Esther Felipe, who entered her first 3-mile run, at age 57. That was 20 years ago! Now Esther runs 5Ks, 10Ks, and half marathons. She is an unstoppable role model. Readers will come away with the knowledge that a person is never "too old” to start getting fit.
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- Diabetes Prevention
- General Diabetes
- Health Promotion
- Physical Activity/Exercise
- Audience
- Elders
- Patients/Clients
- Format
- Self-print
A 3-page article about how to eat healthy at gatherings. Josephine remembers a gathering when someone brought a salad garnished with cholla (cactus) buds. "It was just a regular green salad with cholla buds," she says and she loved it. The cholla buds are proof. You can put love in the food, have people really enjoy the dish and have it be good for them. For your next gathering: Transform comfort foods with great ideas for using healthier traditional foods.
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- Nutrition
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
- Program Staff
- Format
- Self-print
3-page article about how Perry Dyea (Laguna-Kawaika) controls food portions. Once while dining out, he ordered a small, 4-ounce steak with no visible fat. He ate only half the potatoes and was well on his way to wrapping up his sensible meal when the Bigger-Than-Life-Portion of cake arrived with a thud. What did Perry do? What would you do? Hint: You can eat out and not overeat!
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- Nutrition
- Audience
- Patients/Clients
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- Self-print
1-page information sheet designed for educators using My Native Plate to help them use it more effectively. Includes five key issues that affect peoples eating habits, and instruction on where to find and print out the USDA nutrition tool Ten Tips to a Great Plate.
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- Behavioral Health
- Nutrition
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Program Staff
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- Self-print
Easy-to-read 1-page education tool to help your clients know their current blood sugar and A1C levels, and set goals. Assist clients to fill in simple bars that will show the relationship between their A1C numbers and average blood sugars.
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- Blood Glucose
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Program Staff
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- Self-print
Full-color poster features a Navajo woman who is a role model for breastfeeding. Two simple reasons to breastfeed are stated on the lower part of the poster. Put in clinics, waiting rooms, and gathering places. Best if printed on a color printer, legal size.
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- Health Promotion
- Pregnancy
- Women's Health
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
- Program Staff
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- Self-print
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