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The Stanford Patient Education Research Center staff has developed a range of educational materials for use by both consumers and health professionals. Most of the consumer materials were developed to serve as companions to the patient education programs we have developed.

Books

Living a Healthy Life With Chronic Conditions; 4th Edition: Self-Management of Heart Disease, Arthritis, Diabetes, Depression, Asthma, Bronchitis, Emphysema & Other Physical & Mental Health Conditions. by Kate Lorig RN DrPH, Halsted Holman MD, David Sobel MD MPH, Diana Laurent MPH, Virginia González MPH, and Marian Minor RPT PhD. Bull Publishing, 2012.

Link to Publisher's site for Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions book
A complete guide for those living with chronic physical and mental conditions, this book was developed as a companion resource to the Chronic Disease Self-Management and Diabetes Self-Management workshops. Available at book stores or from the publisher (quantity discounts available).

An audio verision and ebook are also available.

Bull Publishing Company    order online
PO Box 1377 • Boulder CO 80306 USA
Call toll free: 1-800-676-2855 • FAX: (303) 545-6354

Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Pain with Moving Easy CD by Sandra M LeFort MN PhD, Lisa Webster RN, Kate Lorig DrPH, Halsted Holman MD, David Sobel MD MPH, Diana Laurent MPH, Virginia González MPH, Marian Minow PT PhD. Bull Publishing, 2015.

Link to Publisher's site for Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Pain book and Moving Easy CD
This book is designed to help manage pain so people with chronic pain can get on with living a satisfying, fulfilling life, and includes the Moving Easy Program CD. This book and CD are the companion resources to the Chronic Pain Self-Management workshop. Available at bookstores or from the publisher (quantity discounts available).
Bull Publishing Company    order online
PO Box 1377 • Boulder CO 80306 USA
Call toll free: 1-800-676-2855 • FAX: (303) 545-6354

 

link to publisher's site for the Arthritis Helpbook

The Arthritis Helpbook; 6th Edition. by Kate Lorig RN DrPH and James F Fries MD. Da Capo Press, 2006.

The world's leading guide to coping with arthritis and fibromyalgia pain, this book has been used by more than 500,000 readers over 15 years. This is the companion resource to the Arthritis Foundation's Arthritis Self-Help Course. Available at book stores or from the Arthritis Foundation

 

Living a Healthy Life with HIV; 4th Edition. by Allison R Webel RN PhD, Kate Lorig DrPH, Diana Laurent MPH, Virginia González MPH, Allen L Gifford MD, David Sobel MD MPH, and Marian Minor PT PdD. Bull Publishing Company, 2016. Formerly Living Well with HIV & AIDS

link to publisher's site for Living a Healthy Life with HIV bookThis book was written to help people with HIV to overcome the day-to-day physical and emotional problems caused by HIV disease and to work with their medical team to make themselves as strong and healthy as they can be. This is the companion resource to the Positive Self-Management Program. Available at book stores or from the publisher (quantity discounts available):
Bull Publishing Company     order online
PO Box 1377 • Boulder CO 80306 USA
Call toll free: 1-800-676-2855 • FAX: (303) 545-6354

The Back Pain Helpbook. by James Moore, Kate Lorig, Michael Von Korff, Virginia González, and Diana Laurent. Perseus Books, 1999.

A self-care program for better living, The Back Pain Helpbook includes mind-body methods for relaxation such as breathing and meditation techniques, strategies for combating the depression and fear that often accompany chronic pain, a comprehensive program for fitness including strengthening and stretching exercises, recommendations for prescription and over-the-counter drugs to ease back pain, advice for when to see your doctor and how to get the most out of those visits, tips for engaging in daily activities from sleeping to working to sex, and guidelines for avoiding flare-ups or managing them when they occur. Available at book stores.
link to publisher's site for Outcome Measures book

Outcome Measures for Health Education and other Health Care Interventions. by Kate Lorig, Anita Stewart, Philip Ritter, Virginia González, Diana Laurent and John Lynch. SAGE Publications, 1996.

Designed for professionals and students in nursing, health education, and the health/medical sciences. This book provides over 50 self-administered scales for measuring health behaviors, health status, self-efficacy, and health care utilization, including Spanish translations for many of them. Measures used in the original Chronic Disease Self-Management Study are the foundation for this book, but other useful scales are included in the appendices. Available from the publisher, SAGE Publications:
SAGE Publications, Inc.
PO Box 5084 • Thousand Oaks CA 91359-9924 USA
Phone: (805) 499-0721 • FAX: (805) 499-0871

Multimedia Kits

The Toolkit for Active Living with Chronic Conditions. Bull Publishing Company, 2015.

Link to Publisher's site for CDSMP Tool KitAn integrated package of print and electronic media that will help anyone with chronic conditions, using tools from a proven program. The Kit includes the basic building blocks for each individual to use in constructing a personal approach to the management of their chronic conditions through exercise, pain management, and relaxation. It encourages goal-setting, action-planning, proactive thinking and acting ahead. Each kit contains: Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions, Information Sheets briefly describing common problems and helpful solutions, Self-Test that helps individuals identify the elements and set priorities for a personal self-management plan, Action Plan description with instruction and examples for developing unique plan, Exercise Action Plan with hints and instruction on use of the other exercise and activity materials, Relaxation CD and Exercise CD. Also available in Spanish. Available from Bull Publishing (quantity discounts available):
Bull Publishing Company     order online
PO Box 1377 • Boulder CO 80306 USA
Call toll free: 1-800-676-2855 • FAX: (303) 545-6354

The Arthritis Toolkit. Bull Publishing Company, 2008.

Link to Publisher's site for Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions bookAn integrated package of print and electronic media that will help anyone with arthritis, using tools from a proven program. The Kit includes the basic building blocks for each individual to use in constructing a personal approach to the management of the disease through exercise, pain management, and relaxation. It encourages goal-setting, action-planning, proactive thinking and acting ahead. Each kit contains: The Arthritis Helpbook, Information Sheets briefly describing common problems and helpful solutions, Self-Test that helps individuals identify the elements and set priorities for a personal self-management plan, Action Plan description with instruction and examples for developing unique plan, Exercise Action Plan with hints and instruction on use of the other exercise and activity materials, Relaxation CD and Exercise CDs. Available from Bull Publishing (quantity discounts available):
Bull Publishing Company     order online
PO Box 1377 • Boulder CO 80306 USA
Call toll free: 1-800-676-2855 • FAX: (303) 545-6354

Audio Tapes/CDs

Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions, 4th Edition (unabridged version; audio book). An unabridged audio CD of the book. Bull Publishing Company, 2012 .

Image of Living A Health Life with Chronic Conditions Audio Book - link to publisherThis audio book comes in the form of a CD set. Available from Bull Publishing (quantity discounts available):
Bull Publishing Company     order online
PO Box 1377 • Boulder CO 80306 USA
Call toll free: 1-800-676-2855 • FAX: (303) 545-6354

Relaxation for Mind and Body. A CD for use at home and in the classroom. Two body scan exercises and two guided imagery exercises with the voices of Catherine Regan PhD and Rick Seidel PhD. Bull Publishing Company, 2012.

link to publisher's site for Relaxation for Mind and Body CDBrief Body Scan (7 minutes) and the Long Body Scan (20 minutes) help you achieve deep muscular relaxation and releases tension; it also quiets the mind and emotions. The Brief Body Scan is to be used in the Chronic Disease Self-Management classroom. Guided Imagery–A Walk in the Country (16 minutes) and A Walk on the Beach (17 minutes) use the imagination to travel to a pleasant place and time, helping you to achieve total relaxation and heightened self-awareness. This CD is used by participants in the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, the Positive Self-Management Program, and the Arthritis Self-Help Workshop. Available from Bull Publishing as a CD (quantity discounts available):
Bull Publishing Company     order online
PO Box 1377 • Boulder CO 80306 USA
Call toll free: 1-800-676-2855 • FAX: (303) 545-6354

Exercise! Arthritis Self-Management CD. Two-disc set of audio CDs containing exercise routines, narrated by Karl Knopf with music. Bull Publishing Company, 2007.

Includes exercises for all fitness levels and is not just for arthritis. Available from Bull Publishing Company (quantity discounts available):
Bull Publishing Company     order online
PO Box 1377 • Boulder CO 80306 USA
Call toll free: 1-800-676-2855 • FAX: (303) 545-6354

Video Tapes/DVDs

Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (Provider Version). Kaiser Permanente, 2002.

This 12-minute VHS or DVD video, designed to introduce the CDSMP to providers, includes footage of actual classes and leaders' trainings, with commentary by professionals. Available from Bull Publishing Company (quantity discounts available):
Bull Publishing Company     order online
PO Box 1377 • Boulder CO 80306 USA
Call toll free: 1-800-676-2855 • FAX: (303) 545-6354

Healthier Living: Managing Ongoing Health Conditions. Kaiser Permanente, 2002. $20.00 US

This 10-minute VHS or DVD video, designed to introduce patients to the Chronic Disease Self-Management Programe, includes footage of actual classes with commentary. Available from Bull Publishing Company (quantity discounts available):
Bull Publishing Company     order online
PO Box 1377 • Boulder CO 80306 USA
Call toll free: 1-800-676-2855 • FAX: (303) 545-6354

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