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California
Literacy, Inc., makes no claim as to the accuracy of the information
provided in the California Health Literacy Initiative Resource
Center.
General
Multicultural and Multilingual Health Information
California
Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN)
CPEHN is a statewide network of
multicultural health organizations, including community-based
organizations, policy experts, and health care providers. They
work together to develop and advocate for a proactive multicultural
health agenda that advances the health of California's diverse
communities.
http://www.cpehn.org
Closing the Health Gap
Closing the Health Gap is an educational campaign designed to
promote good health as an important issue among racial and ethnic
minority populations who are affected by serious diseases and
health conditions at far greater rates than other Americans.
http://www.healthgap.omhrc.gov/
Culture
Clues©
Culture Clues© are tip sheets for clinicians designed to
increase awareness about concepts and preferences of patients
from the diverse cultures served by University of Washington Medical
Center. Currently there are seven cultures represented.
http://depts.washington.edu/pfes/cultureclues.html
Cross
Cultural Health Care Project
Since 1992, the CCHCP has been addressing broad cultural issues
that impact the health of individuals and families in ethnic minority
communities in Seattle and nationwide. This site also has links
to journal articles about multicultural health care.
http://www.xculture.org/index.cfm
Diversity
Rx
Diversity Rx is a clearinghouse of information on how to meet
the language and cultural needs of minorities, immigrants, refugees
and other diverse populations seeking health care. In addition
to offering basic facts about language and culture, the site offers
information on models, practice, policies, and legal issues.
http://www.diversityrx.org
EthnoMed
This site has patient education materials available in eleven
different languages.
http://ethnomed.org/ethnomed/patient_ed/
EurasiaHealth
Knowledge Network
EurasiaHealth Knowledge Network (a project of the American International
Health Alliance/AIHA) is an on-line clearinghouse featuring a
library of multilingual health resources, databases, and interactive
forums. This clearinghouse--designed to serve as a repository
for clinical practice guidelines, medical textbooks, and other
educational materials that are available in the languages of the
New Independent States (NIS) and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)--provides
users with access to information, tools, and training to enhance
the knowledge of health care professionals in the region.
http://www.eurasiahealth.org/
index.jsp?sid=1&id=3542&pid=3540
Food
Safety: Gateway to Government Food Safety Information
This site addresses food safety issues in a variety of languages.
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fsglang.html
Georgia
State University: Nutrition Education for New Americans Project
This project, sponsored by Georgia State University and the USDA,
provides multicultural health handouts in 36 languages. Materials
to encourage healthy eating practices in both American and traditional
diets are available.
http://multiculturalhealth.org/
Harborview Project: Accessing Online Information for Immigrant
and Refugee Health
The Harborview Project is a collaborative effort to improve access
to Internet-based health information for members of seven immigrant
communities in Seattle, in a way that is culturally meaningful.
The materials and classes are for sharing skills; Internet resources
are for finding good health information online.
http://depts.washington.edu/ethnomed/
HMCproject/HMCtrainer.html
HealthWeb
This site has general and educational resources for multicultural
health information.
http://www.healthweb.org/browse.cfm?subjectid=53
Healthfinder
Everyone has special health concerns based on gender, age, race,
ethnic origin, or role in helping others care for their health.
Healthfinder has selected very specific information from its health
library so it is easy to zero in on health topics of special interest
for different groups.
http://healthfinder.gov/justforyou/
Healthy
Roads Media
This site contains free audio, written, and multimedia health
education materials in a number of languages.
http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/
La
Leche League
The materials collected here represent a growing collection of
breastfeeding information in languages other than English. Go to the "Find your local LLLI group" menu for information in many languages.
http://www.lalecheleague.org/resources.html?m=0
Massachusetts General Hospital:
Consumer Health Reference Center "Non-English Language & Health Literacy Resources"
This is a directory of websites offering easy-to-read health education
materials in English and a number of other languages. This website
is no longer being updated. http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/library/ chrc/noneng.html
Multi-Cultural
Educational Services
Multi-Cultural Educational Services specializes in the translation,
publication, and distribution of information to members of the
refugee and immigrant community, who have not yet gained competency
in English Language skills. They have created forms, books, booklets,
audio and videotapes, and promotional materials for businesses,
schools, governmental agencies and social services agencies. They
also design and develop ESL materials for specific purposes such
as environmental education and for specific groups such as preliterate
adults. See the multi-lingual booklets that were developed to
provide information to newcomers in Minnesota.
http://www.mcedservices.com//index.html
Multi-Lingual-Health
Education.net
This Canadian site is a multi-language resource of high-quality,
translated information for professional health care providers
and their clients.
http://www.multilingual-health-education.net/
Online
Journal of Issues in Nursing: Multicultural Health Resources
This site has links to multicultural health resources, and was
compiled by the editors of The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing.
http://www.library.kent.edu/~bschloma/hivaids/culture.htm
Overlake Hospital: Multilingual and Multicultural Health Brochures
and Information Sites
This site has a comprehensive collection of multicultural and
multilingual health information. This information is available
via links to multiple brochures and websites.
http://medlib.overlakehospital.org/library/multi.htm
United
States Food and Drug Administration, Office of Women’s Health:
My Medicines
Available in many languages, the "My Medicines" brochure
is the centerpiece of the 1999 Women's Health: Take Time To Care
Campaign. Use this easy-to-read pamphlet and medicine-tracking
chart to learn more about taking medicines correctly.
http://www.fda.gov/womens/taketimetocare/mymeds.html
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Multicultural Health Clearinghouse
This site has been developed by the Special Populations Students'
Health Concerns Committee (SPSHCC) at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Campaigh to provide health and wellness information
for under-represented population groups. The information presented
is intended to highlight health topics that are pertinent to each
population but not necessarily exclusive to those groups.
http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/multiculturalhealth/
Utah Department of Health: The Office
of Primary Care and Rural Health (PCRH)
The Office of Primary Care and Rural Health (PCRH) Primary Care
Office offers free cultural competency training and links to other
resources.
http://health.utah.gov/primary_care/culturalcompetencymenu.html
African
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African
American Health Network
This site has information on a variety of cultural, culinary and
health related issues for African-Americans; however, this site
should by no means be limited to African Americans.
http://www.aahn.com/
Blackhealthcare.com
Blackhealthcare.com is a culturally oriented and ethnically focused
comprehensive Internet-based health and medical information provider
dedicated to addressing the special health problems of African-Americans,
whose state of health is especially precarious because chronic
disease has an excessive impact on minority populations.
http://www.blackhealthcare.com/BHC/Index.asp
Black
Womens Health
This site is dedicated to the health and wellness of today’s
African-American Women.
http://www.blackwomenshealth.com/
McKinley
Health Center: African American Health Issues
This Website is from the McKinley Health Center. Certain diseases
and conditions are major issues in the African-American population.
It is important that African Americans understand how these diseases/conditions
may affect their lives, and take appropriate measures to maintain
a healthy lifestyle.
http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/multiculturalhealth/ AfricanAmericanHealth.htm
Medline
Plus: African American Health
The National Library of Medicine provides these links to quality
online resources.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/africanamericanhealth.html
Mills-Peninsula
Health Services: African American Community Health Advisory Committee (AACHAC)
The African American Community Health Advisory Committee is a
community partnership with the Mills-Peninsula Health Services
(San Mateo County, CA) and the faith community. This organization’s
mission is to create an awareness of major health concerns and
issues affecting African Americans, and to actively seek and promote
a more healthful lifestyle.
http://www.mills-peninsula.org/about/afroamercomm.html
National
Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease: Tips
for Improving Your Health
These are health improvement tips specifically for African American
men and women.
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/pubs/wintips/
National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: Improving Cardiovascular Health
in African Americans, Package of Seven
Easy-To-Read Booklets
These booklets are designed to help you reduce your chances of
having a heart attack or stroke. Each booklet provides specific
information on improving heart health and identifies steps to
promote healthy lifestyles among African Americans.
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/
National
Women’s Health Information Center: Health Problems in African
American Women
This site contains information about the health problems commonly
faced by African American women.
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/african_american.htm
San
Francisco Department of Public Health: African American Health
Initiative (AAHI)
The African American Health Initiative (AAHI) was created to reduce
the significant disparities in health in the African-American
community. These disparities include heart disease, stroke, cancers
(lung, prostate, cervical and breast cancers), diabetes mellitus,
heart disease, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, hypertension, stroke, drug
poisoning (substance abuse), violence (community, domestic and
family), mental health and stress, and other factors related to
environmental injustice (including acts of racism).
http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/CHPP/aahi.htm
Asian Health Information
Asian Health Services
This site serves and advocates for the immigrant and refugee Asian
community regarding
health rights and to assure access to health care services regardless
of income, insurance status, language, or culture.
http://www.ahschc.org/
Asian
& Pacific Islander American Health Forum
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum is a national
advocacy organization dedicated to promoting policy, program,
and research efforts for the improvement of health status of all
Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
http://www.apiahf.org/
Association
of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO)
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations: List
of pamphlets and other materials available in Chinese, Hmong,
Ilocano, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Mien, Samoan, Tagalog, Vietnamese.
Materials can be ordered, and many are free.
http://www.aapcho.org/site/aapcho/section.php?id=10915
Association
of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations:
BALANCE Program
AAPCHO's BALANCE Program for Diabetes is designed to work cooperatively
with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National
Institutes of Health's National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP).
The primary activities are aimed to increase the awareness of
diabetes in AAPI communities, improve the treatment and outcomes
for AAPIs living with diabetes, promote early diagnosis, and ultimately
prevent the onset of diabetes. There are also programs for cancer, Hepatitis B, and HIV/AIDS.
http://www.aapcho.org/site/aapcho/section.php?id=10937
Baylor
University School of Nursing: Resources for Cross-Cultural Care
and Prevention
This site includes health education resources in a variety of
Asian languages.
http://www3.baylor.edu/~Charles_Kemp/asian_health.html
Hmong
Health Website
This site is in development but includes a Hmong-English medical
dictionary.
http://www.hmonghealth.org/
Khmer
Health Advocates
This website is dedicated to war survivors and their families
and is committed to a greater understanding of the physical and
psychological illness that comes from war, torture and genocide.
http://www.khmerhealthadvocates.org/about.asp?p=0
National
Library of Medicine, Asian-American Health
This website is an information portal to issues affecting the
health and well being of Asian Americans in the United States.
http://asianamericanhealth.nlm.nih.gov/
Selected
Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages (SPIRAL)
SPIRAL provides consumer information in Chinese, Cambodian, Vietnamese
and Laotian and teaches health care providers to use the wide
variety of available, web-based patient education resources.
http://www.library.tufts.edu/hsl/spiral
Latino Health Information
Federal
Drug Administration: Easy-to-Read Nutrition Information
Dieta Para un Corazón Saludable (Eating for a Healthy Heart)
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/shlyhart.html
Comiendo Bien en la Vejez (Eating Well as We Age)
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/seatage.html
Alimentando a su Bebé con Leche Materna o Biberón
(Feeding Baby With Breast Milk or Formula)
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/sfeedbby.html
¡Goce de Buena Salud; Proteja los Alimentos! (Enjoy Good
Health; Keep Food Safe)
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/sfoodsfe.html
Pierda Peso sin Riesgo Para la Salud (Losing Weight Safely)
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/sweghtls.html
Healthfinder
Everyone has special health concerns based on gender, age, race,
ethnic origin, or role in helping others care for their health.
Healthfinder has selected very specific information from its health
library so it is easy to zero in on health topics of special interest
for different groups.
http://www.healthfinder.gov//espanol/
International
Diabetes Center Publishing
Staying Healthy with Type 2 Diabetes--This Spanish-language version
of Staying Healthy with Type 2 Diabetes explains the causes, symptoms
and management of Type 2 diabetes, and emphasizes the value of
healthy eating, exercising and regular blood glucose testing.
There is a charge for these materials.
http://www.idcpublishing.com/shophs/
listcat/listcat.cfm?catid=5
Las
Culturas
Las Culturas.com provides health resources focused on Latino cultures.
hhttp://www.lasculturas.com/lib/libHealth.htm
Latin
Issues Forum
lSince its inception, Latino Issues Forum has been committed to
ensuring that Latinos have access to health care and are able
to live healthy lives. The majority of this work has focused on
health access issues, specifically to provide quality health services
and to increase access to health insurance in a culturally and
linguistically responsible manner for Latino, low-income, and
limited English speaking communities.
http://www.lif.org/health/health.html
Latino Health Access, Health Promoter
Training and Program
The mission of Latino Health Access is to assist in improving
the quality of life and health of uninsured, underserved people
through quality preventive services and educational programs.
Promotores are highly trained community health workers. They are
recruited, hired and trained from the communities in which they
live. They are educators and role models who are highly skilled
at leading their peers toward wellness. Latino Health Access has
been on the cutting edge of the Promotores movement for the past
ten years.
http://www.latinohealthaccess.org/
Library
Online Services of South Texas Community
College: A Su Salud
A Su Salud offers an extensive list of health-related information
and websites for educators and Spanish-speaking adults.
http://www.stcc.cc.tx.us/library/guides/asusalud.htm
Medline
Plus
This site is sponsored by Medline Plus and provides health information
in Spanish.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hispanicamericanhealth.html
National
Alliance for Hispanic Health
Su Familia offers free, reliable, and confidential health information
in Spanish and English. Bilingual health information specialists
provide basic health information on a wide range of health topics
and make references to health care providers in the community.
http://www.hispanichealth.org/sufamilia.lasso
North
Carolina AHEC Latino Health Resource Center
The North Carolina AHEC Latino Health Resource Center provides
resources for health care providers and their Spanish-speaking
patients.
http://www.hhcc.arealahec.dst.nc.us/hhcrindexf.html
OBGYN.net
This site contains reproductive health information for women in
Spanish and Portuguese.
http://latina.obgyn.net/
United
States Food and Drug Administration: Easy-to-Read Brochures
This is part of the FDA web site and contains a collection of
21 easy-to-read brochures--in English and Spanish on topics such
as eating well, arthritis, AIDS, and clinical trials. All brochures
are available for download in PDF format and many are available
in print form from the FDA.
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/spanlow.html
University of Connecticut, Cooperative
Extension System: Hispanic Health Council
These health resources combine Latino culture and patient education
techniques. There is a fee associated with acquiring these materials.
http://www.hispanichealth.com/pana.htm
University
of Utah Health Sciences Center: Patient Education Materials in
Spanish
This site offers patient education materials in Spanish from the
University of Utah Health Sciences Center and National Libraries
of Medicine.
http://www.med.utah.edu/pated/handouts/indexspan.cfm
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