Portuguese (Português) resources

Para crianças e jovens

For teens & young adults

Para pais e responsáveis

For parents & carers

Para profissionais de saúde

For healthcare professionals

Para crianças e jovens

For kids & young adults

Manual da Criança com Diabetes

Handbook for Children with Diabetes: storybook-like education material covers a range of topics (31 pages).

Source: Instituto da Criança com Diabetes, SACA, Brazil. 2007.

Programa KiDS nas escolas

The KiDS Program is developed in collaboration with the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). It provides eight (8) short educational tutorial videos, which are suitable for children & teens, school staff, and parents & carers. Source: ADJ Diabetes Brasil, 2023. The website last updated and reviewed by LFAC in 2024.

Cuidado com os pés

‘Care for your feet ebook’ is a 2-page pictorial booklet simply illustrates ways to look after your feet daily. This is also suitable for children & teens, parents & carers, and healthcare professionals.
Source: Brazilian Diabetes Society. No publication dates. Reviewed by the LFAC in 2024.

Moseka e sua amiga

‘Moseka and her friend’ is a realistic illustrated storybook for all children and adolescents. Developed in Democratic Republic of Congo and illustrated by Lepa and Bijou LOMBOTO ITOFO. Reviewed by Life for a Child regularly. No publication date.

Para pais e responsáveis

For parents & carers

Manual de Contagem de Carboidratos

Carbohydrate counting book: explains the carbohydrate counting with a list of carbohydrate foods (28 pages).

Source: Instituto da Criança com Diabetes, SACA Brazil. 2011.

Manual fotográfico de porções alimentares da lista de substituição de alimentos equivalentes

The ‘photographic manual of food portions from the substitution list’ is a 29-page pictorial book, which can be used to learn and teach carbohydrate counting. This is also suitable for young adults, parents & carers and healthcare professionals.
Source: AP Santos, JS Reis, PT Bernardes from Santa Casa BH Teaching and Research Institute. 2018. Reviewed by the LFAC in 2024.

Para profissionais de saúde

For healthcare professionals

Diabetes em crianças e jovens adultos: conheça os sinais de alerta.

Diabetes in Children and Young adults: know the warning signs. This is a A4 size poster in both English and Portuguese.

Source: Life for a Child, International Diabetes Federation, International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes and the Helmsley Trust. No publication date (The LFAC team reviewed in 2023)

Directrizes do livro de bolso: Para a gestão da diabetes na infância e adolescência em países com poucos recursos

Pocketbook guidelines: For management of diabetes in childhood & adolescence in under-resourced countries (2nd Edition). It aims to assist healthcare professionals in less-resourced countries to optimise the clinical care of children and young adults with diabetes while considering resource- and cost-related issues. (60 pages)

Source: Life for a Child, International Diabetes Federation, International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes and the Helmsley Trust. Publication date: 2017 (The LFAC team reviewed in 2023)

Linguagem Importa!

ForumDCNTs launched the communication guide – Language Matters in Jan 2022 with the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), Brazilian Diabetes Society (SBD) and ADJ Diabetes Brasil. You can download the 20-page ‘Language Update Guide for Diabetes, Obesity and other Chronic Non-Communicable Conditions’ from this website.

Source: FórumCCNTs. 2022. Reviewed by the LFAC in 2024.

Manual de contagem de carboidratos

From the website you can download, ‘Carbohydrate Counting Manual’, which is a 11-page nutrition resource for carbohydrate counting, thereafter, help to improve the glycaemic management of individuals.

Source: ADJ Diabetes Brasil. 2018. Reviewed by the LFAC in 2024.

Nosso Aluno com Diabetes

From the website you can download, ‘Our Student with Diabetes’, which is a 17-page resource to assist schools and teachers to support students with diabetes.

Source: ADJ Diabetes Brasil. 2018. Reviewed by the LFAC in 2024.

Como realizar o exame de sensibilidade dos pés?

‘The How to perform a foot sensitivity test?’ is a 4-page pictorial resource to illustrate 3 simply steps for diabetic foot osteomyelitis.

Source: Diretrizes Práticas IWGDF. No publication dates. Reviewed by the LFAC in 2024.