Health Priority Resources
Use this searchable database to quickly find tools and resources to help you improve patient health in AAPA’s Health Priorities.
Depression Screening: Challenges and Solutions at the Primary Care Level
In an interview with HCPLive during AAPA 2024 Conference & Expo, Beth Browning, PA-C, LPC, a physician assistant with Baptist Community Health Services, discusses treating depression in the primary care setting.
Diabetes and Emotional Health Workbook
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) offers a comprehensive mental health workbook designed for healthcare professionals to support individuals living with diabetes. This resource provides practical strategies and tools to manage mental health challenges and improve overall well-being.
Diabetes and Mental Health
Living with diabetes can significantly impact mental health. This resource from the CDC explores the connection between diabetes and mental health, offering insights on how managing one can positively affect the other.
Diabetes Behavioral Health Toolkit
This toolkit, developed by The American Diabetes Association (ADA), contains practical resources for health professionals to support people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes Care During Emergencies
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created this resource to help patients prepare for and manage their diabetes during an emergency.
Diabetes Case Study Competition by the American Diabetes Association
Test your knowledge on diabetes care and compete with your peers via emailed questions for points and prizes.
Diabetes Disaster Response Coalition
Find resources to help health care providers ensure people living with diabetes have access to diabetes medications and testing supplies needed to stay healthy during an emergency.
Diabetes Medication Titration Situations Is There a Rhyme or Reason – Interactive
Selecting the appropriate medications to manage type 2 diabetes presents unique challenges. Further, the need to optimize medication dosing increases the management complexities. Through case studies, this session will review dosing strategies for oral antihyperglycemic… more
Diet Assessment Decision Tool
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) created this tool to help practitioners and decision makers understand dietary patterns and nutrient intake. Use the tool to identify methods to collect data or find existing data to answer specific questions about diets in target groups.
Dietary Guidelines After Bariatric Surgery
Created by the UCSF Bariatric Surgery Center, these guidelines were carefully designed with the goal of limiting the amount of calories patients consume, while providing balanced meals that help prevent nutrient deficiencies and preserve muscle tissue.
Dr. Yum Project: Meal-O-Matic
Patients can select from ingredients they may have in their home to put together recipes for stir fries, salads, sheet pan meals, bowls, and more.
EASD: September 16 – 19, 2025
The annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).
Empathy and Patient Engagement
What is the best way to ease someone’s pain and suffering? In this animated 3 minute short, Dr. Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to really get in touch with our own fragilities.
ENDO 2025: July 12-15, 2025
The Endocrine Society’s annual conference (ENDO) is the top global meeting on endocrinology research and clinical care.
Engagement and Retention of Nonabstinent Patients in Substance Use Treatment
The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) has released this guidance document which offers essential guidance for substance use disorder treatment programs and providers to: Address the complexities of patient nonabstinence during treatment; Reduce administrative discharges; and Implement strategies to lower barriers to care and improve engagement and retention of nonabstinent patients in the continuum of care.