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.”
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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.
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Noticias ordenadas por tema
Este sitio re las noticias se reactualizan cada 90 días.
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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.
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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.
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¡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.
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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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
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