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Patient Education Library

Fast, easy access to trusted American Diabetes Association resources—designed with busy healthcare professionals in mind.

Graphic of three ADA guides: 'Your Rights' for Type 1 & 2 Diabetes, and 'What to Expect from Your Care Team'.

About the ADA's Patient Education Library

The American Diabetes Association’s (ADA’s) Patient Education Library is a free comprehensive collection of high-quality, evidence-based materials designed for easy access to complement direct education and care of individuals.

Busy healthcare professionals can save time by quickly finding, downloading, and sharing ready-to-use materials during or after visits.

These resources align with the ADA’s nine content areas outlined in Section 5 of the Standards of Care in Diabetes, ensuring comprehensive, person-centered care to help improve health outcomes. Browse by the categories below or search the full library.

These resources are created by experts and regularly updated to reflect the latest clinical guidelines, making them reliable tools for patient education.

You can also access our Healthcare Professional Resource Library for your visual guides to the Standards of Care.

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continuous-glucose-monitoring-and-nutrition-english
Language: English

Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Nutrition-

Understand your CGM readings and maximize its benefits.
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Blood_Glucose_Monitoring_-_Spanish
Language: Spanish

Checking Blood Glucose

This two page piece describes how to check blood glucose, targets for people with diabetes
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Hypoglycemia_-_Spanish
Language: Spanish

Hypoglycemia

What hypoglycemia is, the symptoms, treatment, and what to do when it is severe.
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Factors affecting blood glucose in Vietnamese
Language: Vietnamese

Factors Affecting Blood Glucose—Vietnamese

Factors Affecting Blood Glucose discusses what makes blood glucose levels rise and fall. It also briefly addresses how blood glucose levels are tracked.
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