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Groups:
    Afghanis
    African
    Arab
    Asian
    Bantu
    Bosnian
    Burmese
    Ethiopian
    Hispanic
    Hmong
    Muslim

    Puerto Rican
    Russian
    Somali
    Sudanese
    Vietnamese

Cultural Aspects of:

    Advance Directives
    AIDS

    Books
    Childbearing
    Cultural Competency
    Death & Dying
    Dental Care
    Diabetes
    Domestic Violence
    Epilepsy
    Ethnogerontology
    Ethnography
    Ethnopharmacology
    Female Circumcision
    Food
    Hospice
    International Nursing    
    Khat 

    Medical Interpreters
    Mental Health
    Tuberculosis
    Traditional Medicine
    Transcultural Nursing
    Truth Disclosure
    Women and Children


DICTIONARIES & GLOSSARIES

CULTURAL PROFILES

CULTURE & HEALTH WEBSITES

REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT HEALTH DATABASES

REFUGEE/IMMIGRANT HEALTH POLICY

MULTILINGUAL HEALTH MATERIALS

ORGANIZATIONS/OFFICES

REFUGEE/IMMIGRANT STATISTICS

LIBRARIES WITH ETHNIC COLLECTIONS

RESETTLEMENT AGENCIES

CONTACT INFORMATION


 

Health Materials in Languages other than English

Selected and compiled by Jacquelyn Coughlan, M.S., M.L.S.

ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners. (2008). Provides multiple documents for Spanish -speaking patients. Retrieved May 15, 2008, from http://nurse-practitioners.advanceweb.com/Common/editorial/editorial.aspx?CTIID=1496

Alzheimer Society of Toronto. From the Alzheimer Society Toronto, this site provides information on Alzheimers in multiple languages such as Russian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese. Retrieved October 25, 2007, from http://www.asmt.org/lib_onlineCatalogue.htm

American Cancer Society - ACS. (2008). Asian Pacific Islander cancer education materials tool. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.cancer.org/acmmain/(0galt045sur5hq451vokhd45)/DefaultACS.aspx

American Diabetes Association. (n.d.). Information in Spanish. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.diabetes.org/espanol/default.jsp?WTLPromo=HEADER_espanol&vms=264165486291

American Red Cross. (2007). Disaster preparedness information. Retrieved may 15, 2008 from http://www.prepare.org/ Information available in multiple languages.

American Academy of Family Physicians - AAFP. (2008). Health information in multiple languages. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/clinical/publichealth/ptpops/languagehlthres/manylangauges.html

Asian and Pacific Islanders HIV/AIDS Resources. Brochures in Asian languages. Retrieved May 19, 2005, from http://www.omhrc.gov/hivaidsobservances/api/api_resources.html

Asian Pacific Islanders Women's Health. A website from the FDA Los Angeles District for women seeking cancer screening services. Retrieved September 17, 2004, from http://www.apanet.org/~fdala

British Red Cross Society. Provides the Emergency Multilingual phrasebook in 36 different languages for the cost of 20 pounds.. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.redcross.org.uk/shop/product.asp?id=59825&category=74078

California Health Literacy Initiative. (2004). Multicultural and Multilingual Health Information. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://cahealthliteracy.org/rc/5.html

CancerIndex. Links to information in Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Protuguese, Spanish, and Other. Retrieved May 15, 2005, from http://www.cancerindex.org/clinks13.htm

CaNetiq. An international domestic violence and abuse agencies list. Retrieved September 25, 2005, from http://www.hotpeachpages.net/lang

CARI - Center for African Refugees and Immigrants. (2006). Educational brouchures in Amharic, Arabic, English, French, Somali, and Tigrinya. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.ecdc-cari.org/pubs.asp#edbrochures

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2005). National Diabetes Education Program. Resources about diabetes in a number of languages. Retrieved September 6, 2007, from http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/ndep/lang.htm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Emergency preparedness and response. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/printindex.asp This site provides information in multiple languages about hurricances and floods.

Center for Immigrant Health. Provides tuberculosis brochures in multiple languages. Retrieved October 12, 2005, from http://www.med.nyu.edu/cih/tb/brochures.html This information is courtesy of the New York University's Langone Medical Center.

Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies. (2005). Where can I find health education resources in different languages and cultures? Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://captus.samhsa.gov/northeast/resources/faqs/faq76.cfm

The Center for Victims of Torture. Torture of war trauma brochures. Available in English, Bosnian, and Somali. Retrieved September 5, 2007 from http://www.cvt.org/main.php/ResourceCenter/ProviderResources/RefugeeServices

Center for Weight and Health. Reducing risk of childhood overweight among immigrant families from Asia. Retrieved Febuary 4, 2008 from http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/cwh/activities/asian_lang_publications.shtml

City of New Orleans (Louisiana). (n.d.). Emergency preparedness: Foreign language documents in Spanish and Vietnamese. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.cityofno.com/pg-46-40-foreign-language-documents.aspx

Community Health Care Association of New York State. (2006)This site provides resources to distribute to individuals, families, and communities. Retrieved May 14, 2008 from http://www.chcanys.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=ep_todistribute&category=Main&search=resources%20to%20distribute

Culture, Health, and Literacy. This site contains health education materials in languages other than English. Retrieved March 18, 2008, from http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/docs/culture/indices_language.html

Dental ResourceNet. (2000). Provides dental information for patients in 17 languages. Retrieved October 17, 2005, from http://www.dentalcare.com/soap/patient/english/menu_archive.htm

Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention- Influenza Iinformation in Other Languages. Retrieved May 15, 2005, from http://www.cdc.gov/flu/languages.htm

Diabetes on the web: Websites Multilinguisticos. This website was created in an attempt to help people with diabetes from throughout the world. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://www.diabetesmonitor.com/other-10.htm

Diversity Health Institute Clearinghouse. Presents a range of information about the variety of communities settling in Australia, and to assist service providers and people from communities to access culturally appropriate health services and information. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://www.dhi.gov.au/clearinghouse/resources.htm

Divison of Cooperative Extension of the University of Wisconsin-Extension.Videotapes for advance directives in Hmong and Spanish. Retrieved October 24, 2007, from http://www.uwex.edu/ces/media/catalog/death.cfm

Duke Area Health Education Center. An interactive website designed for users who want to listen to and read over 2400 Spanish words and phrases. Retrieved August 31, 2007 from http://polyglot.topsailmultimedia.com/polyglot.html This is a program in North Carolina.

Elsevier. (2007). Translations of Wong-Baker faces pain rating scale. Retrieved May 14, 2008 from http://www.mosbysdrugconsult.com/WOW/facesTranslations.html

Equip. (2008) Information in languages other than English and for ethnic groups. Retrieved May 15, 2008, from http://www.equip.nhs.uk/language.html

Ethnicity Online. Contains a library of resources that have been translated into languages other than English. Retrieved September 25, 2005, from http://www.ethnicityonline.net/patient_information.htm

Ethnologue. (2005) Rundi: A language of Burundi. Retrieved November 26, 2007, from http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_language.asp?code=RUD

http://www.ecdc-cari.org/pubs.asp#edbrochures

Ethnomed. Patient education resources- all languages. Retrieved September 5, 2007 from http://ethnomed.org/ethnomed/patient_ed/

EurasiaHealth Knowledge Network (a project of the American International Health Alliance/ AIHA) is an on-line clearinghouse featuring a library of multilingual health resources (over 400 health related translated materials) available in the languages of the New Independent States (NIS) and Central and Eastern Europe, databases, and interactive forums. Retrieved May 15, 2005, from http://www.eurasiahealth.org

FDA-Food and Drug Administration. My Medicines brochure, Food and Drug Adminstration, Office of Women's Health. Retrieved May 15, 2005, from http://www.fda.gov/womens/taketimetocare/mymeds.html

FDA-Food and Drug Administration. Consumer publication in Spanish. Retrieved May 15, 2005, from http://www.fda.gov/oia/foreigndocs.htm

FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency. (n.d.). Multilingual webpage. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.fema.gov/media/resources/languages.shtm

Flashcard Exchange. Provides electronic flashcards related to body parts and medical conditions in Spanish. Retrieved August 30, 2007, from http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/523471

Foodsafety.gov. (January 2007). Other language documents- information and links regarding various food safety practices in a variety of languages. Retrieved September 5, 2007 from http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fsglang.html

Genetics Education Center. (2008). Genetic conditions/rare conditions support groups and information in languages other than English. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.kumc.edu/gec/support/internat.html This information is provided by the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Government of South Australia Department of Health. (n.d.) Have a Pap Smear Every Two Years- Kirundi Language. Retrieved November 26, 2007, from http://www.health.sa.gov.au/PEHS/Cervix-screening/pdfs/0708-papsmear-2yrs-kirundi.pdf

HARP - Health for Asylum-Seekers and Refugee Portal . (2007). Multilingual Appointment Card. Retrieved May 15, 2008, from http://www.communicate-health.org.uk/card/

Health Canada. (2008). Food and Nutrition guide translated into multiple languages. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/order-commander/guide_trans-trad_e.html

Healthfinder. A free guide to reliable consumer health and human services information available in Spanish. Retrieved May 15, 2005, from http://www.healthfinder.gov

Health Information and Education, California Family Health Council. Single language folders from multilingual birth control information. Retrieved October 10, 2007 from http://epahealth.stores.yahoo.net/mubicoinkit.html. This includes seven birth control methods in 12 languages - available for purchase.

Health Information Translations. A site which provides translated patient eduaction materials in multiple languages for Limited English Proficiency populations in Central Ohio as well as other areas. Retrieved May 15, 2008, from http://www.healthinfotranslations.com

Health and Literacy Special Collection- a divison of World Education . Lists of brochures in Thai, Cambodian, Laotian, Hmong, Vietnamese. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/docs/culture/materials/websites_006.html

Health Sciences Library System. (2008). HSLS provides patient education through over 200 brouchures and pamphlets in multiple languages. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/chi/general/pt_edu

Health Translations Directory. Health information from the Government of Australia, Victoria; translated into many different languages. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.healthtranslations.vic.gov.au/

Healthy Roads Media. (2006). Nutrition. Retrieved August 1, 2006, from http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/topics/nutrition.htm

Healthy Roads Media. (n.d.) Topics- Children. Retrieved December 3, 2007, from http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/topics/children.htm

Healthy Roads Media. This site contains free audio, written and multimedia health education materials in a number of languages. Retrieved November 28, 2005, from http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/

Hepatitis C Support Project. (2008). HCV Advocate - Hepatitis C Information provided in multiple languages. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hepatitis/factsheets.asp

Hmong Health Education Network. The goal of the network's website is to provide access to health information for Hmong people and those who provide health, education and social services to the Hmong community. Retrieved October 12, 2005, from http://www.hmonghealth.org/

Hot Peach Pages. Abuse information in many languages. Provides abuse information in multiple languages. Retrieved October 24, 2007, from http://www.hotpeachpages.net/lang/index.html

Illinois State Board of Education. Services for school-aged refugee children. Retrieved October 3, 2006, from http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/htmls/refugee_services.htm

Immunization Action Coalition. Courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Health a quick chart of vaccine-preventable disease terms in mutliple languages. Retrieved May 15, 2008, from http://www.immunize.org

Immunization Action Coalition. Vaccine information statements listed by language and by disease. Retrieved May 15, 2005, from http://www.immunize.org/vis/index.htm

Immunization Actions Coalition. Improving immunization practices: A collection of useful resources to health care professionals provide vaccines appropriately and efficiently Retrieved May 15, 2005, from http://www.immunize.org/izpractices

Institution for Social and Economic Development. Provides information about eligibility for public benefits directly to refugees. Available in multiple languages. Retrieved September 1, 2005, from http://www.ised.org/Research&Evaluation/RWIRP.asp

The Joanna Briggs Institute. Consumer Information Database. Retrieved March 28th, 2007, from http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/consumer/cidb.php

Kern Resource Center. Spanish for Health Care Workers. Retrieved October 25, 2007, from http://www.health-careers.org/resources/Spanish%20Handbook%20Revised.pdf

La Leche League. A collection of breastfeeding information in languages other than English. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://www.llli.org/resources/otherlanguages.html

Lincoln Council on Alcoholism and Drugs, Inc. Provides links to drug information in multiple languages. Retrieved November 21, 2005, from http://www.lcad.org/comm_broch.asp

Massachusetts General Hospital. Nurse-patient communication booklets in a variety of languages. Retrieved August 31, 2007, from http://www.massgeneral.org/interpreters/pointtalk.asp

Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse Catalog. Click on material available in pdf. In several languages. Retrieved May 19, 2005, from http://maclearinghouse.com/CatalogPage.htm

McKinley Health Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Health Information handouts (26 topics) into eight different languages from the multi-cultural clearinghouse website available for a fee. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from
http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/multiculturalhealth/index.htm

Medical News Today. (2008). Canada's food guide now available in 10 additional languages. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/printerfriendlynews.php?newsid=105550

Medline Plus. Provides a variety of health and medicine-related information in a variety of languages. Retrieved March 28th, 2007, from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mentalhealth.html

MedInfoRus. MedInfoRus has been developed by a group of medical librarians from New York City with the goal of helping Russian-speaking audience to search the Internet for medical information. Retrieved May 15, 2005, from http://medinforus.homestead.com/PInformation.html

Minnesota Department of Health. Brochures and fact sheets by topic in a multitude of languages.. Retrieved August 29, 2005, from http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/tb/brochures.html

Minnesota Department of Health. (August 2007). Lead Poisoning Prevention, Fact Sheets and Brochures. Retrieved December 3, 2007, from http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/lead/fs/index.html

Minnesota Department of Health. Prepared by the Minnesota Department of Health, this is a guide to translating materials for limited English-speaking communities. Retrieved October 25, 2007, from http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/Language/default.htm

Minnesota Department of Health. Resources for health professionals who administer and coordinate health assessment exams for refugees. Retrived March 18, 2008, from http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/refugee/hcp/index.html

Missouri Hospital Association. A listing of 670 different documents available for download in a variety of languages. Retrieved September 12, 2007 from http://www.healthtranslations.com/asp/downloads.asp

Multicultural Communication. Provides information on a variety of topics in multiple languages. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/mhcs/languages.html

Multi-Cultural Educational Services . A series of online and printable medical literacy learning activities. Retrieved October 25, 2007, from http://www.mcedservices.com/medex/medex.htm

MultiCultural Educational Services. A commerical site, provides Multilingual Health and Safety Education Materials in Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and other languages for nominal fees. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/mhcs/topics/Parenting.html

Multi-Cultural Educational Services. An index of .pdf files involving child caregiving in a number of languges. Retrieved August 31, 2007 from http://www.mcedservices.com/pdf_files/

Multicultural Health Communication Services. (1996). Children and discipline: A parent's guide. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/health-public-affairs/mhcs/publications/3210.html

Multicultural Mental Health Australia. A search site for a multitude of mental health resources in a number of different languages. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://www.mmha.org.au/find/resources

Multilingual Consumer Health Resource List. Provides up-to-date information on health literacy and multilanguage resources. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/multi.html

MultiLingoLegal.ca. British Columbia's online access to multilingual legal publications. http://www.multilingolegal.ca/?fetchlanguage=1&fetchsubject=6

Oakwood Hospital . Provides information on advance directives in Spanish. Retrieved May 18, 2008 from http://www.oakwood.org/Visitors/visitors_detail.asp?ContentId=1185 Located in Michigan.

National Alliance for Hispanic Health. Provides information in Spanish regarding cancer, HIV/AIDS, tobacco, immunizations, women's health and cultural proficiency. Retrieved October 12, 2005, from http://www.hispanichealth.org/publications.lasso

The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health. COSH groups are private, non-profit coalitions of labor unions, health and technical professionals, and others interested in promoting and advocating for worker health and safety. Provides training in languages other than English and Spanish, including Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Tagalog, and other. Retrieved September 28, 2005, from http://www.coshnetwork.org/materials_in_other_languages.htm

National Diabetes Education Program. Most of the resources provided here are available in both Spanish and English. To see Spanish language materials, select a subject area, then scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on the "Spanish" link. Retrieved May 19, 2005, from http://www.ndep.nih.gov

National Institute for Literacy. The health and literacy special collection lists health education materials in languages other than English. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/index_language_a_m.html

National Library of Medicine. Asian language materials - multilanguage. Retrieved November 27, 2007 from http://asianamericanhealth.nlm.nih.gov/Alsouthasian.html

National Library of Medicine. Consumer Health Information- Multilingual Health Information. Retrieved April 3, 2007 from http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/multi.html

National Network of Libraries of Medicine. A collaboration of the NN/LM consumer outreach libraries in multiple languages. Retrieved May 15, 2008, from http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/multi.html

New South Wales Multicultural Communication. Brochures in multiple languages from the Australian government. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/

New York State Department of Health. (n.d.) Required HIV related consent and authorization forms. Retrieved September 7, 2007 from http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/aids/forms/informedconsent.htm

New York State Department of Health. Multiple language forms for appointing your health care agent. Retrieved April 24, 2006, from http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/hospital/healthcareproxy/intro.htm

NHS in Hertfordshire Health Promotion Hertfordshire, from the National Health Service in the UK. Includes multiple languages and an emergency multilingual phrasebook. Retrieved May 19, 2005, from http://www.nhsinherts.nhs.uk/hp/health_topics/ethnic/ethnic_links_languages.htm

NOAH- New York Online Access to Health. NOAH provides bilingual access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish. Retrieved May 19, 2005, from http://www.noah-health.org/index.html

North Dakota Department of Health: Health Alert Network. (2003). Emergency preparedness information offered in Spanish translations. Retrieved MAy 15, 2008 from http://www.ndhan.gov/translation/list.asp?language=Spanish

The Nutrition Education for New Americans Project. (2004). From Georgia State University, this project has ended but the nutritional and diabetes handouts are still available in multiple languages. Retrieved May 19, 2005, from http://monarch.gsu.edu/multiculturalhealth

NYU School of Medicine. Links to Chinese language health information web sites. May 15, 2005, from http://library.med.nyu.edu/patient/hicup/MoreLinks.html

NYU School of Medicine Center for Immigrant Health. Provides information on tuberculosis in 10 different languages. Retrieved October 12, 2005, from http://www.med.nyu.edu/cih/tb/index.html

Oregon Health & Science University. (1999). Patient education resources for clinicians. Retrieved October, 12, 2005, from http://www.ohsu.edu/library/patiented/links.shtml

Overlake Hospital Library, Bellevue, Washington. Multilingual and Multicultural Health Brochures and Information Sites, From Overlake Hospital Library, Bellevue, Washington. Retrieved May 19, 2005, from http://medlib.overlakehospital.org/library/multi.htm

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Fish consumption advice in languages other than English. Retrieved September 25, 2005, from http://www.oehha.ca.gov/fish/fishlang.html

Office of Refugee Resettlement: Special medical conditions.(2003). Provides technical assistance to local, national resettlement agencies providing services for refugees with HIV/AIDS. Retrieved August 29, 2005, from http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/techasst/irsa_hiv.htm

Palliative Care Council of South Australia Inc. Multicultural Palliative Care Victoria- Australia, Palliative Care Council of South Australia Inc. Retrieved May 19, 2005, from
http://www.pallcare.asn.au/mc/mccontents.html

PapScreen Victoria. Is contracted to develop and implement Victoria's cervical screening communications and recruitment strategy. Provides resources for women in languages other than English. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://www.cancervic.org.au/multilingual

Patient Education Resources for Clinicians (Oregon Health and Science University). Web sources for patient education handouts, links to both English and non-English sites. Retrieved May 19, 2005, from http://www.ohsu.edu/library/patiented/links.shtml

Public Health: Seattle and King County. (2004). West Nile Virus: Information in key foreign languages. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.metrokc.gov/health/westnile/languages.htm This site provides information about the Seattle, Washington area in multiple languages.

Public Health: Seattle and King County. (2007). Vulnerable Populations Actions Team (VPAT): Preparedness planning tools. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.metrokc.gov/health/VPAT/downloads.htm This site offers preparedness planning aid in multiple languages and is based out of Washington State.

Quitline. (2002). Provides general information regarding smoking and quitting in Vietnamese. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://www.quitnow.info.au/internet/quitnow/publishing.nsf/Content/quitters-languages

Queensland Health- Multicultural Health Resources includes Cultural Diversity Package, Multicultural and Language Service Policies, Handbook on Muslim Patients. Retrieved September 17, 2004, from
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/multicultural/default.asp Click on multicultral health.

Queensland Health. (January 2007). Nourishing new communities. Nutrition resource packages for refugee communities. Retrieved November 7, 2007, from http://www.health.qld.gov.au/multicultural/health_workers/nutritn_res.asp

RHIN - Refugee Health Information Network. (2007). Multilingual health information for refugees and their health providers. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.rhin.org/health_info.aspx This site provides information in multiple languages in audio, video, and print format.

The Royal Women's Hospital. This site provides health information for women in Australia and multilingual fact sheets. Retrieved October 10, 2007 from http://www.thewomens.org.au/MultilingualFactSheets

The Royal Women's Hosptial. (2006). Russian Fact Sheets. Retrieved October 10, 2007 from http://www.thewomens.org.au/RussianFactSheets?printView=true

The 24 Languages Project funded by the National Library of Medicine. This project is in partnership with the Utah Department of Health, the Immunization Action Coalition, AAPCHO, and many others to improve access to health materials in mutliple languages. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://library.med.utah.edu/24languages/

SAMHSA's NCADI Library, as part of one of the largest repositories of alcohol and drug use information in the world, provides publications in different languages, including Spanish, Chinese, Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Korean. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from
http://ncadistore.samhsa.gov/catalog/audiences.aspx?

South Texas College. South Texas Community College site with multiple links to Spanish- language health materials, search engines, and much more. Retrieved May 19, 2005, from http://www.stcc.cc.tx.us/lrc/Library/webdirectory/asusalud.htm

Spanish Cancer Resources. Links to various Information resources on cancer in Spanish. Retrieved May 19, 2005, from http://www.cancerindex.org/clinks5j.htm

Spartanburg County (South Carolina) Office of Emergency Management. (2006). Foreign language emergency preparedness library. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.scoem.org/format.html This site providees information in multiple languages.

SPIRAL-Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages. SPIRAL from Tufts University provides access to consumer health informaiton in the following Asian languages: Chinese, Hmong, Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Thai, and Vietnamese. Retrieved May 19, 2005, from http://www.library.tufts.edu/hsl/spiral

The Stanford Health Library. Provides links and multilingual health information. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://healthlibrary.stanford.edu/resources/foreign/_intro.html

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2004). The DASIS report: Facilities providing substance abuse treatment in languages other than English. Retrieved September 28, 2005 from http://www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov/2k3/LanguageTX/lang.htm

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. 14 topic cards on a variety of breast cancer issues, also available in spanish. Retrieved August 31, 2007 from http://cms.komen.org/komen/AboutBreastCancer/Resources/QuestiontoAskDoctorDownloads?ssSourceNodeId=423&ssSourceSiteId=Komen

Swedish Medical Center Pregnancy Foresight Project. (2003). Retrieved March 26, 2008, from http://www.swedishmedical.org/PregnancyForesight/Home.html A resource for preconception and prenatal education. Printable materials in multiple languages.

Texas State Department of Health. Diabetes & Nutrition Handbook. Retrieved August 31, 2007 from http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/diabetes/PDF/nutritionhandbookch.pdf

U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2007). Article discussing free brochures in Spanish and English regarding which medical checkups are nedded to stay healthy. Retrieved September 5, 2007 from http://www.healthfinder.gov/news/newsstory.asp?docID=603117

U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. (2007). A series of 13 brochures covering various topics in a variety of languages, including Karen and Burmese. Link is to the English version. Retrieved March 29, 2008 from http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1854

U.S. Department of Food Safety. (2007). Documents regarding food safety in a variety of languages. Retrieved April 10, 2007, from http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fsglang.html

U.S. Department of Justice. (2004). 2004 Census Test- Language Identification Flashcard. Retrieved September 5, 2007 from http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/cor/Pubs/ISpeakCards2004.pdf

U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA food and cosmetic international/foreign language documents and videos. Retrieved September 28, 2005, from http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/internat.html

University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health Center for Weight and Health. Reducing Risk of Childhood Overweight Among Immigrant Families from Asia. Retrieved February 4, 2008 from http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/cwh/activities/asian_lang_publications.shtml

University of Minnesota Extension Service. (2006). Info-U Documents: Somali. Retrieved July 25, 2006 from http://www.extension.umn.edu/titles.html?areaid=2&categoryID=152

University of Minnesota Extension Service. (2006). Info-U Documents: Hmong. Retrieved July 25, 2006 from http://www.extension.umn.edu/titles.html?areaid=2&categoryID=151

University of Minnesota Extension Service. (2006). Positive Discipline. Retrieved October 16, 2006, from http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/familydevelopment/DE8095.html

University of Wisconsin, UW Health. (2006). Seven ways to size up your servings. Nutritional information in English and Spanish. Retrieved September 5, 2007 from http://www.uwhealth.org/storage/diabetes_sevenwaystosizeupservings.pdf

UPMC Center for International Patient Relations. (2007). This site provides information to people from more than 30 nations and offers interpretation services. Retrieved October 10, 2007 from http://internationalpatients.upmc.com/

Utah Department of Health. Provides information about diabetes in multiple languages. Retrived October 12, 2005, from http://www.health.utah.gov/diabetes/resourcesmain/edmulticultmanuals.htm

Utah Department of Health. (2005). Bio-terrorism and emergency preparedness. Retrieved MAy 15, 2008 from http://health.utah.gov/bt/video/SpanishplanningGuide.html Provided information in Spanish.

Vermont Department of Health. Refugee Health Program- Translated Infectious Disease Fact Sheets. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from
http://healthvermont.gov/local/rhealth/rh_fact.aspx

Victorian Government Health Information. Provides disease fact sheets in languages other than English. Retrieved September 26, 2005, from http://www.health.vic.gov.au/ideas/diseases/language.htm

Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project. Provides health information in Vietnamese. Retrieved October 12, 2005, from http://www.suckhoelavang.org/main.html

Virginia Department of Health. (2006). CLAS Act Virginia - Culturally and linguistically appropriate health care services. Retrieved May 15, 2008 from http://www.vdh.state.va.us/ohpp/clasact/TVM.aspx Offers emergency preparedness and response information in multiple lanfuages.

Washington State Department of Health. Offers several publications and materials in languages other than English. Retrieved September 29, 2005, from http://www.doh.wa.gov/translated_materials.htm

Weill Cornell Medical Library.Consumer Health Resources in Languages Other than English, Weill Cornell Medical Library. Retrieved May 19, 2005, from
http://library.med.cornell.edu/Library/HTML/consumer.html

Wong on Web. Translations of Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale. Available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portugese, Romanian, Bosnian, Vietnamese, Japanese, Chinese, and German. Retrieved September 5, 2007, from http://www.mosbysdrugconsult.com/WOW/facesTranslations.html

World Education. A list of health education materials in languages other than English. Retrieved September 28, 2005, from http://www.worlded.org/us/health/lincs/index_language_n_z.html

World Education. (2000). Culture, Health, and Literacy: A Guide to Health Edcation Materials for Adults with Limited English Literacy Skills. Retrieved April 3, 2007, from http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/docs/culture/index.html

World Health Organization. (2007). Multilingualism: Plan of action. Retrieved Ma 15, 2008 from http://www.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB121/B121_6-en.pdf (4 pages).



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