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
Keep Kidneys Healthy This Summer
Encourage patients to stay hydrated, exercise safely in the heat, and manage blood sugar levels to support kidney health.
- Protecting Your Kidneys When You Have Diabetes
- Checking Your Blood Sugar
- Tips for Managing Your Blood Sugar
- Being Active is Traditional
- How to Walk Farther and Faster
Displaying 1-8 of 8 products Listed for all audiences in the topic of Heart.
This tip sheet reviews the types of cholesterol and their associated health risks and recommended levels. The infographic on page 2 has tips on forming heart-healthy living habits.
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- Topic
- Health Promotion
- Heart
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
- Format
- Self-print
Learn how sodium (salt) impacts your health and ways to reduce how much you consume. This factsheet reviews sodium recommendations and how to use the Nutrition Facts label to choose foods lower in sodium.
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- Blood Pressure
- Health Promotion
- Heart
- Kidney
- Nutrition
- Audience
- Elders
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
- Program Staff
- Format
- Self-print
- Tear-off Pad
Learn what high blood pressure (hypertension) is and how it can be controlled.
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- Blood Pressure
- General Diabetes
- Heart
- Kidney
- Nutrition
- Audience
- Elders
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
- Program Staff
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- Self-print
- Tear-off Pad
The types of fat we eat make a difference. Learn how to make heart-healthy fat choices using this colorful 2-page fact sheet.
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- Heart
- Nutrition
- Audience
- Elders
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
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- Self-print
- Tear-off Pad
Clinicians may use this tool as a quick reference to treatment algorithms based on national guidelines and the Diabetes Standards of Care and Resources for Clinicians and Educators.
Download Now! [PDF – 170 KB]
- Topic
- General Diabetes
- Heart
- Medication
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Format
- Algorithm
Clinicians may use this tool as a quick reference to treatment algorithms based on national guidelines and the Diabetes Standards of Care and Resources for Clinicians and Educators.
Download Now! [PDF – 99 KB]
- Topic
- Blood Pressure
- General Diabetes
- Heart
- Medication
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Format
- Algorithm
1-page, easy-to-read tip sheet on ways clients can keep their heart healthy. Includes ideas for lowering chances of having heart disease and working with their health care team to take care of their hearts.
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- Topic
- Heart
- Audience
- Health Care Professionals
- Patients/Clients
- Program Staff
- Format
- Self-print
- Tear-off Pad
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.)
Download Now! [PDF – 763 KB]
- Topic
- Heart
- Audience
- Patients/Clients
- Format
- Self-print
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