Resources

Health Education Materials from

Contains health education tools, including community health worker (CHW) manuals, picture card flip charts, recipe books, risk factor booklets, and more — are tailored for several different ethnic communities: African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian American/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Population, Filipino American, Vietnamese, Hispanic/Latino.

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/healthdisp/health-education-materials.htm

CDC on Heart Disease

https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/

The website provides information on heart disease, the risk factors, how heart disease can be prevented and educational material for clients. Available in English.

Heart Disease Patient Education Resources

Available in multiple languages.

https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/materials_for_patients.htm

CDC on Stroke

This website provides information on stroke, its risk factors, signs of a stroke and type of strokes. Available in Spanish and English.

https://www.cdc.gov/stroke/index.htm

CDC on High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

The following link is to the CDC’s website on high blood pressure. Available in English.

https://www.cdc.gov/bloodpressure/about.htm

The following link is to the CDC’s website on blood pressure and patient information. Available in multiple languages.

https://www.cdc.gov/bloodpressure/materials_for_patients.htm

Your Heart, Your Health

CHW manual for heart health for Latino community. Available in English.

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/docs/resources/heart/lat_mnl_en.pdf

Community Health Worker Listing of Resources on National Health Lung and Blood Institute

Available in English and Spanish.

https://search.usa.gov/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=nhlbi_nhlbi_prod&query=community%20health%20workers&commit=Search

A Community Health Worker Training Resource for Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke

A user-friendly curriculum developed by CDC that community health workers (CHWs) can use in their training and also as a resource. This Training Resource offers basic information and activities to increase skills in preventing heart disease and stroke. Available in English.

https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/programs/spha/chw_training/pdfs/chw_training.pdf

American Heart Association

American Health Association’s Healthy for Good website contains information on eating and moving to stay healthy. Available in English.

https://healthyforgood.heart.org/

Healthy Heart Eating

Available in English.

https://millionhearts.hhs.gov/learn-prevent/recipes.html

Reading Labels

Spanish: http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@hcm/documents/downloadable/ucm_442767.pdf

English:

http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@hcm/documents/downloadable/ucm_300468.pdf

Managing Blood Pressure with Heart Healthy Diet

Available in English.

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HighBloodPressure/MakeChangesThatMatter/Managing-Blood-Pressure-with-a-Heart-Healthy-Diet_UCM_301879_Article.jsp#.WnkC10tG21u

CDC on Sodium Reduction

These resources serves as a job aide for CHWs on sodium and dietary guidelines. Available in English.

https://www.cdc.gov/salt/pdfs/sodium_dietary_guidelines.pdf

Information on salt. Available in English.

https://www.cdc.gov/salt/index.htm

Fat and Cholesterol

This fotonovela resource was designed for CHWs and Promotoras de Salud to read with community members to help them learn about how to control their cholesterol. This promotora resource serves as a job aide for CHWs and Promotoras de Salud to use with the Fotonovela: How to Control Your Fat and Cholesterol.

English:

https://www.cdc.gov/cholesterol/docs/fotonovela_cholesterol.pdf

https://www.cdc.gov/cholesterol/docs/promotora_guide_cholesterol.pdf

Spanish:

https://www.cdc.gov/cholesterol/docs/fotonovela_cholesterol_spanish.pdf

https://www.cdc.gov/cholesterol/docs/promotora_guide_cholesterol_spanish.pdf

Asthma Control Brochures

The CDC website contains downloadable brochures on controlling asthma and outdoor air pollution. Available in multiple languages.

https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/publications.html

Common Asthma Triggers

If you have asthma, an asthma attack can happen when you are exposed to “asthma triggers.”

The website reviews most common triggers. Available in multiple languages.

https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/triggers.html

How to Use Your Asthma Inhaler

Watch a video to follow along with the correct way to use your metered dose inhaler.

Print the step-by-step instructions. English and Spanish

https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/inhaler_video/default.htm

Strategies for Addressing Asthma in the Homes

Provides strategies and checklists for completing an asthma home visit. Available in English.

https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/pdfs/Asthma_In_Homes_508.pdf

Connecticut Department of Public Health Asthma Program

A website with multiple links to external resources for asthma care. Available in English and some in Spanish.

http://www.portal.ct.gov/DPH/Health-Education-Management–Surviellance/Asthma/Asthma-Program

Asthma Educational Resources

A website of links to organizations providing asthma resources. Available in English and some in Spanish.

http://www.portal.ct.gov/DPH/Health-Education-Management–Surviellance/Asthma/Educational-Materials

A Breath of Life/Asthma Control for My Child

A Manual for Promotores in the Latino Community

A manual developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

in an effort to engage community-based partnerships to help reduce asthma disparities in Latino

communities. The manual can be used to train promotores to help Latino parents control their children’s asthma. Available in English.

https://catalog.nhlbi.nih.gov/sites/default/files/publicationfiles/14-7952.pdf

Learn How to Control Asthma

Information on what asthma is, what causes asthma and how it is treated.

Available in multiple languages.

https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/faqs.htm

Manage Environmental Asthma Triggers

A resource from EPA for gaining control of asthma triggers.

https://www.epa.gov/asthma

Healthy Air at Home

American Lung Association website with resources on how to improve air at home to manage asthma.

http://www.lung.org/our-initiatives/healthy-air/indoor/at-home/

Asthma and Your Environment

Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health resource on chemicals and pollutants in your environment that can make asthma worse. Available in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/departments/dph/programs/environmental-health/public-health-track/asthma-env/asthma-and-your-environment-brochures.html

For People at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Many adults in the United States are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Use these resources to learn about prediabetes. Find out what you can do to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes through healthy lifestyle changes. Available in English and Spanish.

https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ndep/people-risk-diabetes/index.html

Diabetes Management in the Community

Help people in your community manage their diabetes and prevent complications. These NDEP resources help strengthen your staff’s skills in delivering diabetes education and offer tools your community can use to be healthier. Available in English and Spanish.

https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ndep/communities/management.html

Resources for African Americans and People of African Ancestry

Diabetes prevention and management resources designed specifically for African Americans and people of African ancestry. Available in English.

https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ndep/communities/african-american/resources.html

Resources for Hispanics and Latinos

Diabetes prevention and management resources specifically for Hispanic and Latino communities. Available in English and Spanish.

https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ndep/communities/hispanic-latino-american/resources.html

Resources for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI)

Diabetes prevention and management resources specifically for AANHPI communities in multiple language formats. Available in multiple languages.

https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ndep/communities/asian-hawaiian-pacific-islander/resources.html

All About Blood Glucose

This link provides information on blood glucose levels, high blood glucose (hyperglycemia) and low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) causes, Hemoglobin A1c levels, and using a glucose meter. English and Spanish.

English: http://professional.diabetes.org/pel/all-about-blood-glucose-english&utm_source=dorg&utm_medium=Online&utm_content=glucose&utm_campaign=pem

Spanish:

https://professional.diabetes.org/pel/all-about-blood-glucose-spanish

Diabetes Basic Information

Available in multiple languages.

https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/index.html

Exercise

English and Spanish.

http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/fitness/?loc=ff-slabnav

Foot Care

English and Spanish.

http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/complications/foot-complications/foot-care.html

The CT Healthy Living Collective

English and Spanish.

A website for Connecticut residents that has resources and workshop schedules. Live Well with Diabetes is the section related to diabetes resources.

http://cthealthyliving.org/

Road to Health Toolkit

Designed for African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos at risk for type 2 diabetes, the Road to Health Toolkit provides materials to start a community outreach program to help people prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. The Road to Health Training Guide  (available in English and Spanish) and the Road to Health Training Video  were developed to use with the toolkit in “train-the-trainer” workshops.

https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ndep/toolkits/road-to-health.html

https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ndep/toolkits/camino-hacia-buena-salud.html

YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program

Multi week education program for diabetes prevention with a focus on nutrition, physical exercise and weight loss.

https://www.ymca.net/diabetes-prevention

https://www.ymca.net/diabetes-prevention/locate-participating-yvf

My Food Advisor: Recipes

Website containing recipes and meal plans. English.

http://www.diabetes.org/mfa-recipes/

Fiesta of Flavors: Hispanic Recipes for People with Diabetes

Spanish: https://extension.illinois.edu/fiesta/intro.cfm?fn=intro

English: https://extension.illinois.edu/fiesta/intro.cfm?fn=intro

Do Latino Foods and Diabetes Mix?

A helpful website to assist your clients in making Latino foods healthier. Spanish.

https://healthyhispanicliving.com/nutrition/lifestyle/do_latino_foods_and_diabetes_mix/

Asian Flavors

A helpful website to assist clients in making Asian foods healthier. English.

http://www.diabetes.org/mfa-recipes/meal-plans/2012-10-Asian-Flavors.html

Reading Labels

Spanish:

http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@hcm/documents/downloadable/ucm_442767.pdf

English:

http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@hcm/documents/downloadable/ucm_300468.pdf

Reading Labels

Here is short video on how to read food labels. English.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVukBD-LUxA

Culturally Focused Diabetes Education Material and Recipes

English and other languages.

https://ethnomed.org/patient-education/diabetes

Regional Mental Health Boards

There are five mental health regions in Connecticut and each region has a Regional Mental Health Board.  Each Regional Mental Health Board has a website with an events calendar and resources.

http://www.ct.gov/dmhas/cwp/view.asp?q=334692

Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

Listing of services by area in CT.

http://www.ct.gov/dmhas/cwp/view.asp?a=2902&q=335206

National Institute of Mental Health

Information on finding help for mental health issues.

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help/index.shtml

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

National Alliance on Mental Illness

Top 25 online resources for mental illness and suicide. English and Spanish.

https://www.nami.org/find-support/nami-helpline/top-25-helpline-resources

National Alliance on Mental Illness

Information on the specific illness, treatment and support needs. English and Spanish.

https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA)

Learn about the many topics that highlight SAMHSA’s efforts to prevent and reduce the impact of mental illness and substance use in America’s communities.

https://www.samhsa.gov/topics

National Institute of Mental Health

Information CHWs can share with clients on numerous topics and conditions. English and Spanish.

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/index.shtml

Healthy Minds CT