Diabetes Management

Individuals with diabetes can learn more about what it means to have diabetes and how to manage their condition, prevent complications, and seek appropriate care to improve their quality of life and health outcomes.

People with diabetes often face psychological, social and emotional challenges as part of living with a chronic disease. These resources can help healthcare professionals in working with individuals with diabetes and their families.

How to Help a Loved One Cope with Diabetes [PDF - 940 KB]

Tips for helping a loved one cope with diabetes.

Living a Balanced Life with Diabetes Toolkit

Address the emotional issues that often accompany diabetes among American Indians and Alaska Natives, including depression and substance use.

Optimal medication-taking behavior is a collaborative process of communication and understanding between patients and their health care teams. This collection of resources for health care professionals and their patients, helps patients adhere to medications as prescribed.

The PPOD Toolkit shows pharmacy, podiatry, optometry, and dentistry practitioners how they can work with each other—and with other members of the health care team—to promote better outcomes among people with diabetes.