For HD Awareness Month, the Huntington Study Group is launching an education campaign, aimed at helping health care providers who are less experienced with Huntington disease (HD) to learn more about how to care for their patients and families with HD. HSG wants to share insights of our experienced HSG members with less experienced providers to help them better understand issues faced by HD patients and families. So, HSG is launching a new education section of our website with tools to help new HD providers.
- There, you will find:
- Videos addressing common questions providers new to caring for families with HD may have
- A page of useful resources for providers, including care guides, referral resources, and links to many advocacy organizations
- Annual Event education: HSG 2015 educational and research presentations
- The underlying message is that HD is a treatable disease
- A video explaining what HSG is
Please share this new section of our website with the providers who call you for help and let us know if you have more ideas for resources we can add. If you are on social media, we encourage you to share all of this information with your networks to ensure the word gets out there. If you’re a hashtag user, we’ll be using both #hdisatreatabledisease and #letstalkabouthd (HDSA’s hashtag) throughout May, HD Awareness Month.
