The Diabetes & the Eyes Educational Toolkit offers educational materials on diabetes and the impact of diabetes on eye health in both English and Spanish. These educational resources are intended for healthcare professionals, community health educators, diabetes educators, and anyone in a caregiving or diabetes education role.
Funding for development of these materials was provided by:
Diabetes & the Eyes Educator Course
The course equips health educators with important patient education messages about diabetes-related eye disease and strategies for maintaining healthy vision. It provides education about diabetes-related retinopathy, glaucoma, and cataract, methods for preventing vision loss and promoting vision preservation. Designed to educate individuals living with diabetes as well as populations at highest risk for developing diabetes, the course includes a PowerPoint presentation, a script, pre-post test, and course evaluation form.
Complete the form below to access the FREE course. Once you have submitted the request form, you will receive download links to the course files.
Diabetes & Your Eyes Factsheets
These downloadable and printable factsheets provide general information on diabetes and vision health; symptoms & risk; and diagnosis, treatment & prevention designed to educate patients and the public. The fact sheets reinforce the information provided in the Diabetes & The Eyes Educator Course.
English
Diabetes & Your Eyes – General Information (English)
Diabetes & Your Eyes – Diabetes-related Retinopathy – Symptoms + Risks (English)
Diabetes & Your Eyes – Diabetes-related Retinopathy – Diagnosis, Treatment, & Prevention (English)
Spanish
La Diabetes y Sus Ojos – Información General (en español)
La Diabetes y Sus Ojos – Retinopatía relacionada con la diabetes – Síntomas y riesgo (en español)
Diabetes & Your Eyes Infographics
These images can be used in social media and media communications to educate patients and the public. When using these infographic, please post messages with #VisionandDiabetes in English infographics and #VisiónyDiabetes with Spanish infographics. Click the thumbnail images below to display the full-sized infographics. Right-click the full-sized infographics to download them for sharing on social media.
Diabetes & The Eyes – Infographics (English)
La Diabetes y los Ojos – Infografía (en español)
Diabetes & the Eyes Resources
These resources are designed to support individuals living with diabetes and help them gain access to eye care that they require to maintain healthy vision. The resources describe common barriers to eye care, ways to navigate the healthcare system, the intricacies of health insurance and eye care, and an overview of eye care assistance resources.
Created April 28th, 2020