- Host an active newsgroup to discuss diabetes advocacy best practices and plans
- Hold regular conference calls
- Create an annual brochure to distribute among health professionals
- Maintain a website with a member directory and member blog
- Write letters to the editor and distribute press releases
- Have a presence at industry events
- Coordinate programs and events among the members
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Diabetes Advocates: Published Authors
Balancing Pregnancy With Pre-Existing Diabetes: Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby – Cheryl Alkon
“The Sugar Free Series” shares a vulnerable and honest approach to diabetes with a positive and quirky twist. At the age of eighteen Kingery published Sugar Free Me, an inspirational book for diabetic teens and their loved ones. And at twenty years old, authored the e-book Sugar Free Teens, The Diabetic Diva’s 5 tips on reaching your potential. – Naomi Kingery
Real-Life Guide to Diabetes, written with RN co-author Joy Pape, provides reality-based guidance to help you manage the 24/7/365 balancing act of diabetes and your real life with straight forward answers and practical tips and tactics. – Hope Warshaw
This is a book for people with Type 1, Type 1.5 and Type 2 Diabetes who want to gain a deeper understanding of how the basic science of the human body impacts your blood sugar levels and your insulin needs. Your Diabetes Science Experiment will explain the science behind the most common reasons for your “mystery high blood sugars” and “unexpected low blood sugars.” – Ginger Vieira
Know Your Numbers, Outlive Your Diabetes helps people identify their own personal critical health risks – and learn exactly how to measure and control them. It’s an easy-to-read and highly motivational guide to the 5 crucial tests that everyone living with diabetes needs to have and monitor on a regular basis. – Amy Tenderich
50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life and 50 Diabetes Truths That Can Save It dispels the most common – and some surprising – myths to help patients better manage their condition. Easy-to-read, comprehensive, engaging, filled with facts and stories. Written by an expert patient with contributions from 21 leading diabetes experts. – Riva Greenberg
