Diabetes Patient Education Materials
Multicultural Diabetes Materials from Harborview
The following materials were developed at Harborview Medical Center (Seattle, WA) for use in Multicultural Diabetes Classes for patients and family members. The materials were translated into a number of languages and are available as easy-to-print PDFs (each handout includes both target language and English). Several of the handouts have audio narration. (See note below about audio). Please see Multicultural Diabetes Project for additional information and other materials related to this project.
- Class Flyer:
Flyer announcing a diabetes class for patients and family members. - Khmer | English | Somali | Spanish | Tigrinya | Vietnamese
- Sick Days and Diabetes:
Steps to control blood sugar on days you are feeling sick - Amharic | Khmer | English | Oromo | Somali | Spanish | Tigrinya | Vietnamese
- Audio Sick Days and Diabetes:
MP3 audio file narration of handout Quicktime Player free download - Khmer | Oromo | Somali | Spanish | Tigrinya | Vietnamese
- Exercise and Diabetes:
General plan and tips for exercise, including how much and when; reviewed 9/2008. - Amharic | Khmer | English | Oromo | Somali | Spanish | Tigrinya | Vietnamese
- Meal Planning Basics:
Plan for healthy meals, including recommended foods and portions; culturally tailored to include commonly consumed ethnic foods; reviewed 1/2009. - Amharic | Khmer | English | Oromo | Somali | Spanish | Tigrinya | Vietnamese
- Meal Portions:
Tips for estimating healthy food portions; reviewed 9/2008. - Amharic | Khmer | English | Oromo | Somali | Spanish | Tigrinya | Vietnamese
- Diabetes Foot Care:
Tips for people with diabetes about how to care for their feet, including tips about skin, nails, footwear and when to seek medical care; reviewed 12/2009. - Spanish
- Foot Care:
Tips for people with diabetes about how to care for their feet; reviewed 8/2006. - Amharic | Somali | Tigrinya
- Daily Foot Check:
Tips for people with diabetes about checking their feet on a daily basis; reviewed 8/2006. - Amharic | Somali | Tigrinya
Related Projects and Websites: Diabetes Patient Education
Websites that provide information about diabetes in other languages and formats.
Diabetes Information from the REACH Coalition
REACH is a public health effort funded by CDC to reduce diabetes health disparities experienced by communities of color.
- Public Health Seattle & King County REACH
- Diabetes Meal Planning and Healthy Recipes
Languages: English, chinese, Khmer, Korean, Filipino, Japanese, Samoan, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese
"Diabetes: Facing the Tiger" Video - Vietnamese
A 23-minute video focused on increasing the Vietnamese-speaking community's awareness of the risk factors and symptoms of diabetes. The video is entirely in Vietnamese and includes real patients and their families. The format of informational interviews is based upon the American Diabetes Association's video, "Day in the Life". "Diabetes: Facing the Tiger" is a project of “Diabetes Awareness and Education in the Community Program”, Harris County Hospital District and Asian American Health Coalition. The project was funded by Texas Dept. of Health and Texas Diabetes Council and produced by VNN Television. The video storyline was created and written by Chip Schneider. With permission, this online video was produced by EthnoMed with support from the National Library of Medicine.
View the video below by clicking the play icon below (may take several seconds to load). You can also:
- view in a larger screen by clicking here
- view in full screen by clicking the button on bottom right of the video icon once the video has loaded.
- view the video script in English.
Nutrition Booklets - Vietnamese and Chinese
Funding for these booklets provided by the Diabetes Program, Texas Department of Health, Asian American Diabetes Education Project, Harris County Hospital District. They are 25 pages, PDF.
Asian American Diabetes and Nutrition Book
Vietnamese / English Chinese / English
Healthy Roads Media Website
Healthy Roads Media provides educational materials on topics related to diabetes (and other health topics) in several formats: handouts, audio, mobile-video, web-video, and in a number of languages: Arabic, Amharic, Bosnian, English, Russian, Somali, Spanish.
National Diabetes Education Program
This national partnership of National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and more than 200 public and private organizations has diabetes patient education publications in other languages, including:
4 Steps to Control Your Diabetes for Life
A 20+ page (depending on language) easy to read booklet to help people understand, monitor, and manage diabetes. Available in:
Cambodian, Chinese, Englsh, Gujarati, Hindi, Hmong, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Samoan, Tagalog, Thai, Tongan, Vietnamese
Take Care of your Heart, Manage Your Diabetes
Reproducible, two-sided sheet explains the link between diabetes and heart disease. Available in:
Cambodian, Chamorro, Chuukese, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Samoan, Tagalog, Thai, Tongan, Vietnamese
Two Reasons I find Time to Prevent Diabetes: My Future and Theirs
Tips to help Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at risk for type 2 diabetes move more and eat less to lower their risk for diabetes. Avaliable in:
Cambodian, Chamorro, Chuukese, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Samoan, Tagalog, Thai, Tongan, Vietnamese
Small quantities of these publications are free and you can order at the National Diabetes Education Program.
