Minority, Español, Diverse Populations etc. Resources

Go to a section on this page: General, African American, Español, Asian American, Native American, Gay and Lesbian Health Issues

• The Office of Minority Health Resource Center
  A Nationwide Service of the Office of Minority Health, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• 24 Languages Project
  This website “is a project of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, in partnership with the Utah Department of Health, the Immunization Action Coalition, AAPCHHO and many others to improve access to health materials in multiple languages.” Consumer health brochures and sound recordings in multiple languages are available here.
• Ethnomed
  “The Ethnomed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent” to immigrant health care. Culture specific pages include: Amharic, Cambodian, Chinese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Hispanic, Oromo, Somali, Tigrean, Vietnamese and others.
• Health Information Translations
  Health Information Translations is designed to improve health education to patients with limited English skills. Information is available in African French, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, English, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Somali, Spanish and Ukrainian. This website is maintained by The Ohio State University Medical Center, Ohio Health, Mount Carmel Health System, Columbus Medical Association Foundation and the American Medical Association Foundation.
• Immunization Action Coalition
  The Immunization Action Coalition works to increase immunization rates and prevent disease. Information is available in English and thirty-two (32) other languages.
• Maternal and Child Health Library
  “The Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University provides the MCH community with accurate and timely information on a broad range of topics.” It includes materials “in numerous languages other than English, and the Organizations Database identifies additional sources for these materials.”
• Minority Women’s Health
  This website “can help you learn about the most common health risks and concerns of minority women.” The website is maintained by the National Women’s Health Information Center, a service of the Office of Women’s Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• Multilingual Health Information
  The National Network of Libraries of Medicine has prepared Consumer Health Information in specific languages, including glossaries, at this website.
• My Medicines
  The My Medicines brochure is an “easy-to-read pamphlet and medicine-tracking chart to learn more about taking medicines correctly.” It is available in English, Spanish, Cambodian, Chinese, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Polish, Samoan, Tagalog, Thai and Vietnamese.
  
  

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• African American Health
  
  

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• MEDLINEplus
  Información de Salud, un servicio de la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina y los Institutos Nacionales de Salud.
  • Noticias ordenadas por tema
    Este sitio re las noticias se reactualizan cada 90 días.
  • Tutoriales Interactivos de Salud
    Los tutoriales interactivos enumerados a continuación han sido creados por el Patient Education Institute (Instituto para la Educación del Paciente). Tiene muchos tutoriales ofreciendo información acerca de diferentes enfermedades, medidas para su prevención y procedimientos médicos.
• Medicinas
  MedMaster™, un producto de la American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), prove información sobre centenaries de medicinas de receta y venta libre.
• CDC en Español
  Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades.
• Institutos Nacionales de la Salud
  Este sitio contiene información relacionada a la salud pública.
• Healthfinder (Español)
  Esta sección del healthfinder® contiene fuentes de información seleccionadas en español. Esta información le puede servir de guía en la toma de decisiones acerca de su salud.
• Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare Healthwise® Knowledgebase - Español
  "Healthwise, Incorporated, ayuda a las personas a tomar mejores decisiones acerca de su atención médica. Damos a conocer información con fortaleza médica en la que confían los médicos y que realmente utilizan los consumidores. Healthwise ofrece a los consumidores información médica verosímil y actualizada."
  "Se puede encontrar información sobre prevención de condiciones médicas, tratamiento en casa y cuándo llamar a un profesional de la salud. También incluye información acerca de cómo prepararse para las visitas al médico y cómo tomar decisiones inteligentes en cuanto a pruebas, medicamentos y cirugías."
• NOAH
  NOAH aspira proporcionarle al consumidor información sobre la salud que sea de alta calidad, oportuna, precisa, pertinente e imparcial. En la actualidad, NOAH provee en inglés y en español.
• ¡Bien! Health
  ¡BIEN! Es una red educative de la salud patrocinado por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina. Provee información gratuita para el pueblo de la región fronteriza, tanto consumidores de la salud como profesionales.
• FDA
  Publicaciones en Español de la Administración de Drogas y Alimentos de los Estados Unidos.
  
  

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• Asian American Health
• Asian American Health Information Portal
  Created by the National Library of Medicine to provide a starting point for anyone interested in the health of Asian Americans.
• Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
  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.
• S*P*I*R*A*L
  Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages, the pages of SPIRAL may be viewed in Chinese, Cambodian/Khmer, Hmong Lus Hmoob, Korean, Laotian, Thai or Vietnamese.

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• Native American Health
• American Indian Health
  This site provides links to information on health topics, traditional healing, environmental health, research and data, helathcare access, organizations, tribes, etc.
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• Indian Health Service
  The Indian Health Service (I H S) is an agency within the U S Dept. of Health and Human Services and is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives.
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• Native Health Databases
  Contains bibliographic information and abstracts of health-related articles, reports, surveys, and other resource documents pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations. Document delivery is currently free on any article found in this database.
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• Gay and Lesbian Health
  Links to various sources of information from MEDLINEplus.gov.
• Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
  Nonprofit organization working to end homophobia in health care. Site contains a physician referal service.