title: Diabetes and Healthy Eyes Toolkit: a community health worker program to prevent vision loss and blindness among people with diabetes.
abstract: Diabetic eye disease is a leading cause of vision loss and blindness in the United States and disproportionately affects Hispanics/Latinos. This article provides an overview of the Diabetes and Healthy Eyes Toolkit, a culturally and linguistically appropriate resource designed for community health workers to educate people with diabetes about eye health complications. The toolkit provides science-based, easy-to-understand information that can be used to conduct interactive, educational sessions about diabetes and eye health, the importance of comprehensive dilated eye examinations at least once a year for people with diabetes, and other ways to prevent vision loss and blindness.
authors.affiliation: National Eye Health Education Program, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. ammaryn@nei.nih.gov
authors.forename: Neyal J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Ammary-Risch
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aguilar
authors.forename: Laura Saunders
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Quiroz
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D003150:Community Health Workers; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D024382:Professional Role; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D016730:Program Development; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D012648:Self Care; D014481:United States; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D014787:Vision Tests
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic