American Diabetes Month

Use the resources below to encourage people with diabetes to have a comprehensive dilated eye exam at least once a year to detect diabetic eye disease in its early, treatable stages.

Diabetic Eye Disease Drop-in Articles

Use these articles in newsletters, magazines, newspapers, or on websites to raise awareness about diabetic eye disease.

• Diabetic Eye Disease Rates Increase Among U.S. Population Word | PDF*
• Aumenta la incidencia de la enfermedad diabética del ojo entre hispanos Word | PDF*
• Diabetic Eye Disease Rates Increase Among Hispanics/Latinos Word | PDF*

Social Media Messages

Post messages on your Facebook and Twitter pages for your followers to see and share, or send a few to your organization's blog or an influencer blogger. Some sample messages are below. Find more posts about diabetic eye disease you can use year-round here.

• November is American Diabetes Month. @NEHEP has resources to help protect the sight of people with #diabetes. http://1.usa.gov/PGIbnF
• November is American #Diabetes Month. Don't lose sight of diabetic eye disease. Learn more from @NEHEP http://1.usa.gov/PGIbnF
• If you have #diabetes, make healthy vision YOUR priority during American Diabetes Month! Learn more from @NEHEP http://1.usa.gov/PGIbnF

Email Signature

Copy and paste this banner into your email signature or:

1. Select and copy the table below.
2. Then go to File > Options > Mail. On the right, click the Signatures button.
3. On the popup, click New and name your signature (i.e., "ADM").
4. In the white box, right click and hit "Paste". The table borders should not appear. Save.
5. Choose the new signature (i.e., "ADM") from the dropdown.

For email systems that do not allow pictures to be added, a plain text version is below. Simply copy and paste.

November is American Diabetes Month. Don't Lose Sight of Diabetic Eye Disease.
Learn more about diabetic eye disease. Visit www.nei.nih.gov/diabetes.

Diabetic Eye Disease Materials and Resources
NEHEP offers a wide variety of educational materials and resources in English and Spanish that can be used year-round to educate people with diabetes about vision health.