Diabetes

• http://www.bd.com/diabetes/hcp/educmaterials.asp 
  
  Diabetes education low literacy pages. Available in English, Spanish, French and Russian.
   
• http://www.diabetes.org/communityprograms-and-localevents/asianamericans/resources.jsp
  
  Includes links to resources related to diabetes and Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, such as the ADA risk test in Chinese.
   
• http://www.hawaii.gov/health/family-child-health/chronic-disease/diabetes/resourcesandtools.html
  
  In 9 Asian American/Pacific Islander languages
   
• http://hawaiiexportcenter.hawaii.edu/index.shtml
  
  It is a resource for health care professionals working with Pacific Islander populations. Hawaii EXPORT focuses on diabetes health disparities in Native Hawaiians and Pacific Peoples. Among other things, their website includes educational resources as well as news and events.
   
• http://www.pdep.org
  
  Diabetes educational materials for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities
   
• http://www.ndep.nih.gov/campaigns/TCH/TCH_materials_AsianAm.htm
  
  To encourage Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with diabetes, and their families, to take steps now to reduce their risk of heart attacks or strokes, the leading killers of people with diabetes in multiple Asian languages
   
• http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/spanish/index.asp
  
  Diabetes information in Spanish
   
• http://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/50Ways_tips.pdf
   
• http://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/catalog.htm#PubsPatCont
  
  4 steps to control your diabetes in English, Spanish and 14 Asian and Pacific Islander languages
   
• http://www.aapcho.org/altruesite/php/content.php?type=6&id=13  
  
  These brochures provide bilingual facts and steps for effective diabetes self-management in Chinese, Korean, Samoan, Tagalog and Vietnamese.
   
• http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/public/file/print/2007-02_Diabetes_Broch.pdf
  http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/public/file/print/2007-02_Diabetes_Broch_span.pdf
  
  Does Diabetes Run in Your Family? Take Steps toward Better Health in English and Spanish
   
• http://health.utah.gov/diabetes/pdf/multicultmnls/eng_dmmanual.pdf
  http://health.utah.gov/diabetes/pdf/multicultmnls/arabic.pdf 
  http://health.utah.gov/diabetes/pdf/multicultmnls/farsi.pdf 
  http://health.utah.gov/diabetes/pdf/multicultmnls/korean9_04.pdf
  http://health.utah.gov/diabetes/pdf/multicultmnls/portuguese.pdf 
  http://health.utah.gov/diabetes/pdf/multicultmnls/russianmanual04.pdf
  http://health.utah.gov/diabetes/pdf/multicultmnls/samoan9_04.pdf
  http://health.utah.gov/diabetes/pdf/multicultmnls/serbocroatian04.pdf
  http://health.utah.gov/diabetes/pdf/multicultmnls/spanish9_04.pdf 
  http://health.utah.gov/diabetes/pdf/multicultmnls/tongan9_04.pdf
  http://health.utah.gov/diabetes/pdf/multicultmnls/vietnamese6_05.pdf
  
  Diabetes Education Manual in English, Arabic, Farsi, Korean, Portugese, Russian, Samoan, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Tongan and Vietnamese
   
• http://health.utah.gov/diabetes/resourcesmain/chc_edmanual.htm
  
  Diabetes Education Manual (Instructor's Manual) in English and Spanish
   
• http://www.caldiabetes.org/content_display.cfm?contentID=19&categoryID=32
  
  Diabetes Health Record Card in English, Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Chinese, Farsi, French, Hindi, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Ukranian, Vietnamese
   
• http://www.medicare.gov/publications/pubs/pdf/11022.pdf
  http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/11022_S.pdf
  
  Medicare Coverage of Diabetes Supplies and Services in English and Spanish
   
• http://www.diabetes-espanol.niddk.nih.gov
   
• http://www.learningaboutdiabetes.org/ 
   
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/02/AR2008070201429.html 
  
  The guide, called Pastillas para la diabetes tipo 2, seeks to shape and improve interactions between Hispanic diabetes patients and their health care providers by presenting a range of comparative research on diabetes management and medications. Specifically, the resource offers information on 13 brand-name and 10 generic oral diabetes medications, explaining how the drugs work, the potential for side effects, average costs and appropriate dosages.
   
• http://www.diabetesinitiative.org/resources/SpanishMaterial.html
   
• http://www.diabetes.org/communityprograms-and-localevents/latinos.jsp
  
  The Por Tu Familia Adult Prevention Toolkit was designed for organizations to help increase the reach of efforts to improve the quality of life for Hispanics/Latinos with diabetes and those at risk of developing the disease.
   
• http://estudiabetes.com/
  
  A website is designed to reach out to Spanish speakers affected by diabetes.

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