Student Resources

Below are a few resources to help you get started on researching your topic; these are by no means comprehensive lists, so you need to also branch out on your own and investigate your topic independently!

Videos:

• Diabetes Mini-Series (CDC and CBS)
• Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine: Patient Education Tools
• Diabetes, The Hidden Killer (BBC Documentary) 
• Why There’s Been a Dangerous Diabetes Spike Around the Globe (PBS NewsHour) 
• Diabetes in Kenya: Patient, Nurse, Doctor and WHO Viewpoints

Tutorials:

• Org: The Diabetic Dog Game
• Khan Academy: Diabetes Playlist

Research Sites:

• Diabetes Research Institute Foundation
• American Diabetes Association
• International Diabetes Federation
• National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases
• World Diabetes Foundation
• World Health Organization
• Kenya Defeat Diabetes Association

Articles:

• Khan Academy: What is Diabetes Mellitus?
• Khan Academy: Homeostasis (contains Diabetes example)
• Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa: Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia
• Daily Nation (Kenya’s leading newspaper):
  • Alarm as diabetes rate more than doubles in three decades
  • Cases of diabetes have doubled in Kenya, warn experts