This flyer describes depression and the steps to health living. Available in Spanish and English.
To provide the RN with guidelines to assure that the basic elements of diabetes management are taught to patients with diabetes.
- Diabetes Education Protocol.doc (30 KB)
Seven page document that provides a sample/template emergency preparedness plan.
- Emergency Preparedness.doc (230 KB)
The Workbook provides a process that can support state, local,and tribal planners as they advance in their efforts to reach all populations—and specifically, special populations—in day-today communication and during crisis or emergency situations.
The Workbook is divided into three primary sections, each representing a major stage in the process of communicating with special populations,and provides a baseline of research plus selected resources that should substantially reduce the work required of health departments to begin this process.
Are You Ready? provides a step-by-step approach to disaster preparedness by walking the reader through how to get informed about local emergency plans, how to identify hazards that affect their local area, and how to develop and maintain an emergency communications plan and disaster supplies kit. Other topics covered include evacuation, emergency public shelters, animals in disaster, and information specific to people with disabilities.
Are You Ready? also provides in-depth information on specific hazards including what to do before, during, and after each hazard type.
This link takes you directly to the full PDF document.
Developed by MCN with funding from the Texas Department of State Health Services. This resource provides a guideline for healthy foods to eat in a page-size poster illustrating healthy foods in the right amounts, at which times, which foods to limit. Available in Spanish and English.
- HealthyFoodsMCN.pdf (174.05 KB)
The Diabetes and Healthy Eyes Toolkit helps community health workers provide sight-saving information to people with diabetes. The Toolkit is available in Spanish and English and includes a:
- Diabetes and Healthy Eyes Flipchart to help community health workers educate people with diabetes about eye diseases in a small group setting.
- Diabetes and Healthy Eyes Module for background information and materials to assist community health workers in using the flipchart.
- Watch Out for Your Vision! Brochure to distribute to people with diabetes to educate them about eye disease and the importance of getting a dilated eye exam at least once a year.
- Medicare Benefits Card to promote the glaucoma and diabetic eye disease benefit under Medicare and inform the public about eligibility.
- Publications Order Form to obtain diabetic eye disease materials and resources for distributing to people in your community.
- Evaluation Form to share your thoughts and experiences using the Diabetes and Healthy Eyes Toolkit.
- CD-ROM with copies of the module, flipchart and handouts.
Additional materials include a:
- TRACK Diabetes Magnet (English only) to provide tips to people with diabetes about keeping their health on TRACK.
- Lo bello entra por los ojos...no deje que la diabetes cierre esa ventana (Beauty enters through the eyes. Don't let diabetes close the window.) Poster (Spanish only) to remind people with diabetes about receiving an annual dilated eye exam and offer tips about how to control diabetes.
This flyer discusses diabetes and exercise. Available in Spanish and English.
- MCNExerMovingHO.doc (785.5 KB)
A one-page resource that describes the connection between diabetes and high blood pressure. Available in Spanish and English.
- MCN+CVD+Blood+Pressure+SPN+ENG.doc (697.5 KB)
This brochure was created by the Migrant Clinicians Network Diabetes Program with funding from the Texas Department of Health Diabetes Program / Council. Brochure details basic information on Acanthosis Nigricans. Available in Spanish and English.
- AcanthosisNigricans.doc (4.86 MB)
Link to APHA's Get Ready Campaign website with comprehensive information regarding potential influenza pandemic including several useful full-color brochures/handouts and other free materials.
Use these free materials from APHA to help Americans prepare themselves, their families and their communities for all public health hazards they may face, including disasters, pandemic flu or other emerging infectious diseases. Share them with those you care about, or pass them out in your community!
Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness (IS-22) is FEMA’s most comprehensive source on individual, family, and community preparedness.
Are You Ready? provides a step-by-step approach to disaster preparedness by walking the reader through how to get informed about local emergency plans, how to identify hazards that affect their local area, and how to develop and maintain an emergency communications plan and disaster supplies kit. Other topics covered include evacuation, emergency public shelters, animals in disaster, and information specific to people with disabilities.
Are You Ready? also provides in-depth information on specific hazards including what to do before, during, and after each hazard type.
This planning tool helps hospitals predict the pattern of casualty severity, and their capacity to provide care after a mass casualty event.
A visual guide for preparing a well-balanced plate. Available in Spanish and English.
- MCNbalancedplate_engspan09.pdf (614.79 KB)
Acanthosis nigricans is a darkening of the skin, usually around the neck but sometimes on knuckles, elbows or toes or around the armpits or the groin. Having acanthosis nigricans can a warning sign that a person is at risk for diabetes. This patient education brochure explains basic information about acanthosis nigricans in English and Spanish.
- AcanthosisNigricans.pdf (61.37 KB)
Handout describing the importance of nutrition specifically related to maintaining a balanced diabetic meal plan. Available in Spanish and English.
- mcnnutrition09_engspan.pdf (130.4 KB)
An epidemic of obesity-related diabetes is sweeping across the United States and has begun its spread to the rest of the world. In 1998, the Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) Diabetes Program launched the Diabetes Track II project to address this issue in the migrant population. Track II provides continuity of care for mobile individuals through transferring medical records and offering remote care coordination. Track II: Continuous Diabetes Care for Migrant Workers is a english/spanish resource.
- MCN_Track_II_Continuous_Diabetes_mono.pdf (488.38 KB)
Lesson Plans available in English.
Explore the diabetes learning center. Website available in Spanish and English.
Helping Students with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel.
One size doesn't fit all. MyPyramid Plan can help you choose the foods and amounts that are right for you. For a quick estimate of what and how much you need to eat..Available in Spanish and English.