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PREPARE for your care website

PREPARE is a program that can help you:

  • make medical decisions for yourself and others
  • talk with your doctors
  • get the medical care that is right for you
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patient education medical decisions

PREPARE Patient Web Tool

Author/s: The Regents of the University of California

PREPARE is a step-by-step program with video stories to help you:

  • Have a voice in YOUR medical car

  • Talk with your doctors

  • Give your family and friends peace of mind

PREPARE videos help you answer questions...

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advance directives education of patients

The EveryONE Project Neighborhood Navigator

As part of a continued commitment to help our members address social determinants of health (SDOH) at point of care, the AAFP’s EveryONE Project offers tools for ...

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social determinants of health point-of-care health equality health resources

The Mediterranean Diet: What You Need to Know About Eating the Mediterranean Way

Author/s: Smith, Melinda, Segal, Robert

When you think about Mediterranean food, your mind may go to pizza and pasta from Italy, or lamb chops from Greece, but these dishes don’t fit into the healthy dietary plans advertised as “Mediterranean.” A true Mediterranean diet consists mainly of fruits and vegetables, seafood, olive oil,...

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mediterranean diet health benefits

Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH

Author/s: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

A condensed version of "Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure With DASH" this easy-to-read fact sheet includes an overview of DASH research findings and suggestions on how to start and stick with a eating plan.  
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blood pressure DASH patient education

Influenza (The Flu)

Author/s: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Influenza information handout from the CDC.
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influenza symptoms

Making Sense of Probiotics and Prebiotics – What We Know, Have Yet to Learn

Author/s: Rosen, Sharon

They are everywhere – foods and supplements containing bacteria that claim to improve your gut health and overall wellness. Can these bacteria improve your digestion, boost your immune system and even combat disease?
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gut health digestive health prebiotics probiotics synbiotics

Patient Education Resources from the CDC

Mission 

"CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate...

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patient education health literacy health resources

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