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Support & Resources
Diabetes Support & Resources for Asian Americans
- South Cove Community Health Center, Boston, MA
- Provides medical and behavioral health services as well as youth and family programs.
- Manet Community Health Center, Quincy, MA
- Serves broad health needs of South Shore residents through a family practice model of care.
- Lowell Community Health Center, Lowell, MA
- Serves communities of Greater Lowell with multilingual staff that speaks over 25 languages
- Neponset Health Center, Dorchester, MA
- Provides preventive and chronic medical and behavioral health care to residents in Dorchester and surrounding communities.
- Dorchester House, Multi-Service Center, Dorchester, MA
- Provides affordable, accessible and exceptional health care and other essential services.
Local Community Resources
- Service, advocacy, and research. English-Chinese health education materials available.
- Preventive health, disease management, and research programs. English-Chinese health education materials available.
Community Resources in Other States
- American Diabetes Association (ADA)
- Funds research to prevent, cure, and manage diabetes. Delivers services, provides information, and gives voice to those denied their rights because of diabetes.
- National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
- Works to improve treatment and outcomes for people with diabetes, promote early diagnosis, and prevent or delay onset of type 2 diabetes.
- Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIHF)
- Influences policy, mobilizes communities, and strengthens programs and organizations to improve health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
- Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO)
- Works to create a national voice for unique and diverse health needs of Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islande
- National Asian Women's Health Organization (NAWHO)
- Works to achieve health equity for Asian women and families. Stay informed, exchange ideas, and share resources on Asian and Pacific Islander health.
- National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC)
- Lists services from NDIC including response to inquiries, publication dissemination, referrals to health professionals, and more.
- National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Conducts and supports basic and clinical research on many of the most serious diseases affecting public health.
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Provides information for the public and professionals about diabetes, including research, statistics, and educational publications.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Provides leadership and direction to programs designed to improve health of nation by conducting and supporting research.
- Department of Human and Health Services (DHHS)
- U.S. government’s principal agency for protecting health of all Americans and providing essential human services.
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Protects and advances public health. Helps public get accurate, science-based information they need to use medicines and foods to improve their health.
- U.S Census Bureau
- Leading source of quality data about nation’s people and economy.
- Medline Plus
- Extensive info about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news. Health information available in multiple languages.
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Agency information, research, statistics, data, outreach and education, and resources.
National Resources
- International Diabetes Federation (IDF)
- Promotes diabetes care, prevention and a cure worldwide..
International Resources
- Georgia State University
- Bengali, Cambodian, Chinese, Gujarati, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Thai, Urdu, Vietnamese
- SPIRAL, Tufts University
- Cambodian, Chinese, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Thai, Vietnamese
- United States National Library of Medicine, NIH
- Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese, Filipino/Tagalog, Hmong, Japanese, Laotian, South Asian, Thai, Vietnamese
- Ethnomed
- Chinese, Khmer, Korean, Filipino, Japanese, Samoan, Vietnamese
- Utah Department of Health, Diabetes Prevention Program
- Vietnamese pictorial guide for diabetes management
- American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
- “Indian Foods: AAPI’s Guide to Health, Nutrition and Diabetes” and diabetes information in 5 regional languages
- American Dietetic Association
- Chinese language food and nutrition resources
Diabetes Education Materials in Asian Languages
- Asian Pacific Fund
- Works to improve health and well-being of all Asian Americans in Bay Area
- American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)
- Medical professional community of clinical endocrinologists committed to providing the highest quality of care.
- American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE)
- Provides opportunities and resources to advance skills and career goals.
- PubMed, National Library of Medicine
- Comprises more than 19 million citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and life science journals.
- Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (HKAM)
- Provides academy news, colleges and links, publications.
Diabetes Health Professionals and Researchers
- National Kidney Foundation
- Dedicated to preventing kidney disease, improving health and well-being of individuals and families affected by kidney disease.
- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Lists services from NKUDIC, including response to inquiries, publication dissemination, referrals to health professionals, and more.
- EyeHelp
- Public service to raise awareness about importance of routine comprehensive eye exams and vision care in Californi
- VisionConnection, Lighthouse International
- Dedicated to fighting vision loss through prevention, treatment and empowerment.
- Healthy Vision 2010
- National vision initiative that identifies opportunities to improve eye health of all Americans.
- Perkins School for the Blind
- An innovative leader in serving people with visual impairments
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