RESOURCES — Making the DIABETES HEART Connection

DHC WHITE PAPER:

Making the Diabetes Heart Connection: Awareness, Collaboration Needed to Improve Health

DHC INFOGRAPHIC:

Understanding the Link between Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

Explore real world data and learn more about the relationship between type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease through this valuable resource focused on bringing a better understanding of the financial and resource impact of these co-morbid diseases.

Know Diabetes by Heart - Conozca Diabetes de Corazón

The American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association, along with industry leaders, have proudly launched the groundbreaking collaborative initiative Know Diabetes by Heart™ to reduce cardiovascular deaths, heart attacks and strokes in people living with type 2 diabetes.

The National Diabetes Education Program’s “Diabetes and Your Heart” infographic focuses on the ABCs of diabetes and how diabetes affects your heart.

IHS Markit

White paper: The clinical and economic benefits of better treatment of adult Medicaid beneficiaries with diabetes

National and state by state cost projections data: Better diabetes treatment can save Medicaid over $4 billion a year

The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture (a partnership with UCSF’s Center for Vulnerable Populations at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital) inspires young people to change the conversation about Type 2 diabetes by exposing the environmental and social conditions that lead to its spread - http://www.thebiggerpictureproject.org/

Women in Government

State legislator radio PSAs from Florida and Pennsylvania bring greater awareness of Type 2 diabetes - http://www.womeningovernment.org/learn/psa/type-2-diabetes-psa-florida

American Association of Diabetes Educators

https://www.diabeteseducator.org/practice/educator-tools/diabetes-and-cvd-resources (Available in Spanish)