New Beginnings: Connecting Thread: Understanding Health Information

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• Alternative Title:
  New Beginnings: A Discussion Guide to Living Well With Diabetes: Connecting Thread: Understanding Health Information
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• Description:
  After a diabetes diagnosis, patients may be overwhelmed by a variety of information about their disease. It is important for care specialists to make efforts to increase health literacy and lower barriers in understanding health information. This guide provides questions and scripts to assist the practitioner in assessing health literacy and providing ways of engaging patients in finding ways to manage the challenges that come up.
• Content Notes:
  Publication date approximated from file properties
• Subjects:
  Chronic Disease Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Psychology Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Therapy Health Literacy Self Care
• Keywords:
  2025 CDC Chronic Disease Prevention Resource Guide Diabetes (Chronic Health Topic) Workforce Development, Technical Assistance, Training, And Capacity Building Materials
• DOI:
  https://www.doi.org/10.15620/cdc/251694
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet or Booklet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Chronic Diseases and Conditions
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:89d9f9f6e2a03c56f3fbc23800ba35d04925b593c6336048885f9456e46f8efd78dd54ba35fdedc64b74025e4f37f216605282424bcc8c35880ec1a69f821be7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/251694/cdc_251694_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 207.81 KB ]