On-Line Health Education Program

Health Education Answers:
an Interactive On-Line Educational Resource
for your Patients or Staff

This is an education tool offered FREE to Council member agencies, their staff and patients. The Arizona Council has teamed with Lilly Company to offer you Health Education Answers, an on-line educational tool covering subjects such as ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Diabetes, Schizophrenia, Women's Health, and Wellness - a section covering safety and health issues around the house. This is an innovative, easy-to-use, interactive resource which can be used by your patients as additional "take-home" information, or you can have the patient access the HealthEducationAnswers.com website from a computer right in your office. The more your patients know, the more they can be involved in getting and staying healthy. The website provides valuable information presented in a fun and engaging way. It encourages patients to be active and responsible participants in their own care.

We invite you to log on to the website and review it for yourself, then offer it to your patients and/or ancillary staff members. Go to http://www.HealthEducationAnswers.com. At the sign-in dialogue:

For your first visit, you'll need to use the following registration code:az council
You will create your own user name and password.
From then on, you can sign in using just your user name and password.

You will be given a choice of high-speed or dial-up speed access. Then you will find all the available areas of Health Education Answers by using the drop-down menu offered at the Welcome screen.

For your convenience, a synopsis of each subject is given below:

Wellness
The Wellness area of Health Education Answers is set up like a typical house. You can move room by room to find information about safety, health, and wellness. each room has a safety checklist, a tip for living longer, and an interactive feature, such as:

• "What's Wrong With This Picture?" to identify possible safety problems in a living room.
• "Getting Ready for Baby," an interactive look at things you could do to make your home safe for a new arrival.
• "The Well-Made Meal," which looks at safe food handling.
• "Smoking Countdown," to help you kick the habit.

ADHD
This area of Health Education Answers takes a unique look at ADHD. It features the latest information about the disorder. The information is set up by age groups: ages 6 to 12 years; ages 13 to 18 years; and adults.

Bipolar Disorder
There are new ways of looking at bipolar disorder and how it is treated. In this area of Health Education Answers, learn about:

• How bipolar disorder is diagnosed and treated effectively
• How your doctor can help you prevent mania and depression from coming back
• How to care for yourself after a bipolar episode

Depression
The way people think about depression is changing. this area of Health Education Answers looks at:

• Who gets depression and how it can be treated
• How depression can be treated with medicine
• How often you need to see your doctor
• what relationship exists between pain and depression

Diabetes
This area offers help for people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. It shows ways to self-manage the disease and includes information about:

• How to work with your healthcare team
• Regular testing, for example, blood sugar, lipids, blood pressure
• Preventing diabetes complications

Schizophrenia
This helpful area offers easy-to-understand information. It looks at topics that are important to people with schizophrenia and their caregivers. It includes:

• The importance of taking medicine to control symptoms
• How to live life well even with schizophrenia
• when and why to see the doctor on a regular basis

Women's Health
The Women's Health area offers interactive overviews of how depression, diabetes, and mental disorders relate to women. It also delves into issues concerning:

• Osteoporosis
• Breast cancer
• Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)
• Women and heart disease

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