Self-Management Tools
Review resources to help you self-manage your chronic condition or improve your health status.
Self-management tools for chronic diseases and prevention
Healthy Weight Maintenance
About Body Mass Index (BMI)
This explains what BMI is, how it is calculated, and its usefulness as a screening tool for assessing weight categories and potential health risks. Source: CDC
BMI Calculator
This tool allows you to calculate your BMI by entering your height and weight, helping you determine if you are underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese. Source: NIH
Steps for Losing Weight
This outlines a five-step plan for healthy weight loss, emphasizing the importance of a balanced diet, regular physical activity, and stress management. Source: CDC
Tips for Healthy Eating for a Healthy Weight
This resource provides practical advice on creating a healthy eating plan that includes a variety of nutritious foods and limits unhealthy ones. Source: CDC
Smoking and Tobacco Cessation
Quiz: How Strong is Your Nicotine Addiction?
This quiz helps you assess your level of nicotine dependence and provides strategies for quitting. Source Smokefree.gov
Tobacco and Your Health
This details the numerous health risks associated with tobacco use, including cancer, heart disease, and lung damage. Source: The American Cancer Society
Make Your Quit Plan
This resource guides you through creating a personalized plan to quit smoking, including setting a quit date and identifying triggers. Source: Smokefree.gov
How To Quit
This offers various methods and tools to help you quit smoking, including medications and support resources. Source: Smokefree.gov
Encouraging Physical Activity
Physical Activity Basics
This provides guidelines for adults on how much physical activity is needed for health benefits, including recommendations for aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities. Source: CDC
Facts about physical activity
This fact sheet outlines the benefits of regular physical activity for adults, including improved health, fitness, and quality of life.. Source: Health.gov
Get Active
This resource offers tips and suggestions to help you incorporate more physical activity into your daily routine to stay healthy and reduce cancer risk. Source: The American Cancer Society
Physical Activity Planner
This tool helps you create a personalized weekly activity plan that includes a mix of aerobic and muscle-strengthening exercises. Source: Health.gov
Exercise Activity Calculator
This calculator estimates the number of calories burned during various physical activities based on your weight and activity intensity. Source: The American Cancer Society
Don’t feel like getting active? (2min video)
This video provides motivational tips to help you get moving even when you don't feel like it. Source: Health.gov
Too busy for physical activity? (2min video)
This video offers simple exercises and strategies to stay active despite a busy schedule. Source: Health.gov
Healthy Eating
What's on your plate? Quiz
This quiz helps you assess your eating habits and provides personalized tips to improve your diet. Source: MyPlate.gov
Eat Healthy
This page offers tips and recipes to help you and your family make healthier food choices to reduce cancer risk. Source: The American Cancer Society.
Steps for Improving Your Eating Habits
This resource outlines a three-step approach to improving your eating habits by reflecting on, replacing, and reinforcing healthier choices. Source: CDC
Calculate your calorie needs
This tool estimates the number of calories you need daily to maintain or achieve a healthy weight based on your personal information. Source: The American Cancer Society
Managing Stress
Stress Screener
This tool helps you assess your stress levels and provides resources for managing stress. Source: Mental Health America
I’m So Stressed Out! Fact Sheet
This fact sheet explains the difference between stress and anxiety, and offers coping strategies. Source: NIH
Managing Stress
This page provides tips for coping with stress in healthy ways to prevent long-term health problems. Source: CDC
Improve Your Emotional Well-Being
This resource offers steps to enhance your emotional well-being, including managing difficult emotions and practicing self-care. Source: CDC
31 Tips to Boost Your Mental Health
This list provides practical tips to improve your mental health and overall well-being. Source: Mental Health America
Mindfulness Coach (app)
This app helps you practice mindfulness to reduce stress and improve emotional well-being. Source: VA
Avoiding At-Risk Drinking
Check Your Drinking and Make a Plan to Drink Less
This tool helps you assess your alcohol consumption and create a personalized plan to reduce your drinking. Source: CDC
Alcohol Use and Your Health
This page explains the health risks associated with excessive alcohol use and provides guidelines for moderate drinking. Source: CDC
Identifying Depressive Symptoms
Depression Test
This tool helps you assess your symptoms of depression and provides resources for further support. Source: Mental Health America
Depression facts
This page provides comprehensive information about depression, including its symptoms, causes, and treatment options. Source: Mental Health America
Understanding the Link Between Chronic Disease and Depression
This fact sheet explains how chronic diseases can increase the risk of depression and vice versa, and offers guidance on managing both conditions. Source: NIH
Safe Use of Opioids
Basics About Prescription Opioids
This explains what prescription opioids are, their uses, risks, and potential side effects. Source: CDC
Preventing Opioid Use Disorder
This resource outlines strategies to reduce exposure to opioids and prevent opioid use disorder, including prescription monitoring and patient education. Source: CDC
Opioid Use Disorder
This page provides an overview of opioid use disorder, its symptoms, and treatment options. Source: The American Psychiatric Association
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