Resources
Sites with Health Education Programs
Directory of sites with Health Educators in the Indian Health Service [WORD - 112K]
Patient Education Handouts
The IHS maintains a web site of locally developed and culturally relevant patient education handouts on a wide variety of diseases and topics that can be easily printed.
Documenting Patient Education
Training materials and presentations to promote appropriate documentation of health and patient education:
- Documenting Physical Activity and Excercise Education [PPT - 2.5MB]
- Documenting Health/Patient Education using the IHS Patient Education Protocols and Codes (PEPC) [PPT - 2.2MB]
- Health and Patient Education and GPRA: Putting the Pieces Together - GPRA and CRS [PPT - 1.2MB]
- Health and Patient Education and 2011 JCAHO [WORD - 262K]
Self-Management Tools
Self-Management [PDF - 552MB]
Electronic Toolkits
Physical Activity and Excercise Toolkit
- Physical Activity and Exercise Toolkit [WORD - 171KB]
Providing Education on Breastfeeding
- Many pregnant women are not encouraged to breastfeed their baby. As health providers, we need to strive to encourage more mothers to breastfeed. As soon as a woman begins her prenatal care, breastfeeding education should be provided consistently and continuously during the prenatal visits . . . Read More
Health Communications and Health Literacy
- Effective communication with patients is essential for providing information and education. Learn more about ways to improve healthcare communications between patients and healthcare workers as well as important health literacy concerns at the IHS Health Communications web site.