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Resources with Items in Multiple Languages ------------------------------------------ American Cancer Society Asian Pacific Islander Cancer Education Materials Tool http://www.cancer.org/acmmain/(jvijqlbh2e1uny45jrvayde1)/DefaultACS.aspx Provides links to websites with Asian and Pacific Islander languages including Chamorro, Chinese, English, Khmer, Korean, Kosraen, Samoan, Thai, Tongan, Vietnamese and Yapese.
Cancer Index http://www.cancerindex.org/clinks13.htm Cancer Resources: Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish and Others. EthnoMed http://ethnomed.org Cultural Competency Resources and Patient Education Materials for: Amharic, Cambodian, Chinese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Oromo, Somali, Spanish, Tigrean, Vietnamese and others.
Ethnic Health Resource List http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/culture/materials/websites006.html Utah Department of Health links to other language materials and Resources. FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/language.html Other language documents from the Food and Drug Administration in English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Thai.
Foundation for Healthy Communities http://www.healthynh.com/fhc/resources/translateddocuments.php Access to documents created and translated by New Hampshire health agencies and organizations; languages include Albanian, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, English, French, Indonesian, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili and Vietnamese. Health Info Translations http://www.healthinfotranslations.com/ Use the drop-down box to choose a language - Chinese Simplified and Traditional, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Ukrainian, Hindi, Vietnamese, and Arabic
Health Translations Online Directory http://www.healthtranslations.vic.gov.au/ From Australia, this database contains links to government, hospital, community health center and other agency online multilingual resources in numerous languages. Healthy Roads Media http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org Provides audio, written and multimedia versions of resources in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic, Somali, Bosnian, Russian, Hmong, and Khmer.
HIV AIDS and Hepatitis C Website http://www.multiculturalhivhepc.net.au/ From Australia, this website provides HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C information in the following languages: Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, English, Indonesian, Italian, Khmer, Portuguese, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese. How to Order NIH Publications in Languages Other Than English http://nnlm.gov/mcr/resources/community/multilingualNIH.html Contains links to National Institutes of Health publications in languages other than English.
Immunization Action Coalition -- Print Materials in Other Languages http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/noneng.htm Vaccine Information Sheets, produced by the Center for Disease Control, are available in over 30 languages. Language Access Health Project http://www.asiac.org/General/literature.html A collection of translated materials relating to HIV/AIDS and health in mulitple Asian languages. The program is the result of a collaboration between AIDS Services In Asian Communities and Congreso De Latino Unidos Inc.
Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University Non-English Materials and Resources http://www.canceradvocacy.org/toolbox/spanish/herramientas-para-la.html MedlinePlus Health Information in Multiple Languages http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.html Information in over 40 languages from the National Library of Medicine's premier consumer health website.
New Americans Health Information Portal http://palantir.lib.uic.edu/nahip/ Information in 19 languages, includes audio, multimedia, podcast and video format New South Wales Multicultural Health Communication Service http://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au A rich resource with numerous health topics that provide health information in 50 languages.
Non-English Guides to PubMed http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/intlpubmedlinks.html Learn to use PubMed, languages: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portugese, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese Ohio State University Medical Center Patient Education Materials http://medicalcenter.osu.edu/patientcare/patienteducation/ Copyrighted materials; includes handouts in Spanish and Somali.
Pregnancy Foresight Project: A Swedish Medical Center Resource for Preconception and Prenatal Education http://www.swedishmedical.org/PregnancyForesight/OtherPrint.html Other language materials includes source information for materials provided. Refugee Health Information Network http://www.rhin.org/ Multilingual information for health professionals, refugees and asylees (in print, audio and video formats)
Refugee Health - Immigrant Health http://bearspace.baylor.edu/CharlesKemp/www/refugeehealth.htm Covers issues in refugee and immigrant health and includes general background information on numerous incoming populations. Resources for Specific Languages --------------------------------
Arabic Urban Health Partners http://www.lib.wayne.edu/shiffman/urbanhealth/ From the Shiffman Medical Library and Learning Resources Centers of Wayne State University. See the Arabic Language Health Materials links.
Minhaal http://www.minhaal.ae/portal/portal/mhp/HomeAE http://www.minhaal.ae/portal/portal/mhp/HomeEN (English Language Portal) Cambodian/Khmer
SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages http://spiral.tufts.edu/khmer.shtml Provides consumer information in Cambodian/Khmer, (in addition to Chinese, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, Thai, and Vietnamese) and on a wide variety of Internet resources including National Library of Medicine and Tufts University resources. Chinese
Asian Pacific Islanders Women's Health http://www.apanet.org/~fdala/ This multi-lingual site offers several languages to help Asian Pacific Islander women understand the importance of having mammograms and pap smears at regular intervals. There is information about how to make appointments and prepare for the procedures. Clinicians will find special materials they can use to personally recommend mammography and pap smears to their patients. Health Information Translations http://www.healthinfotranslations.com/ From the Ohio State Medical Center, includes health information and hospital signage documents. Languages include: Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Tradition, English, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Marshallese, Portuguese Brazillian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Ukranian and Vietnamese
SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages http://spiral.tufts.edu/chinese.shtml Provides consumer information in Chinese, (as well as Cambodian/Khmer, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, Thai, and Vietnamese and on a wide variety of Internet resources including National Library of Medicine and Tufts University resources. French
Public Health Agency of Canada http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/index-fra.php PHAC's primary goal is to strengthen Canada's capacity to protect and improve the health of Canadians and to help reduce pressures on the health-care system. Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada http://ww2.heartandstroke.ca/ Information in English and French on heart disease, stroke, healthy living, and more is available on this Canadian non-profit's website.
CiSMeF Patients http://www.chu-rouen.fr/cismef/ Catalog and Index of French Language Health Resources on the Internet is a quality-controlled health gateway to catalog and index the most important and quality-controlled sources of institutional health information in French German
Welt der Gesundheit http://www.gesundheit.com From AIDS to Zappelphilipp syndrome (or ADHD), this site gives information on hundreds of health topics in German. Patienten-Informationsdienst http://www.patienten-information.de The portal offers over 1000 reliable sources of consumer health information in German.
Medicine-Worldwide http://www.medicine-worldwide.de Hmong
Hmong Health Website http://www.hmonghealth.org The goal of the Hmong Health Education 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. Categories of topics include family health, healthy living, traditional healing, talking with health providers, and more. SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages http://spiral.tufts.edu/hmong.shtml Provides consumer information in Hmong (as well as Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, Thai, and Vietnamese) and on a wide variety of Internet resources including National Library of Medicine and Tufts University resources.
Korean SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages http://spiral.tufts.edu/korean.shtml Provides consumer information in Korean (as well as Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese, Hmong, Laotian, Thai, and Vietnamese) and on a wide variety of Internet resources including National Library of Medicine and Tufts University resources.
Laotian SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages http://spiral.tufts.edu/laotian.shtml Provides consumer information in Laotian (as well as Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese, Hmong, Korean, Thai, and Vietnamese) and on a wide variety of Internet resources including National Library of Medicine and Tufts University resources.
Russian Eurasia Health (Links to Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union languages) http://www.eurasiahealth.org/index.jsp?lng=ru
Spanish Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality en Español http://www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/espanoix.htm
American Cancer Society Informacion de referencia sobre el cancer http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ESP/ESP0.asp Cancer.gov Spanish Resources http://www.cancer.gov/espanol
The Cancer Survival Toolbox http://www.canceradvocacy.org/toolbox/spanish/herramientas-para-la.html CDC -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention En Español http://www.cdc.gov/spanish
Community Tool Box/Caja de Herramientas Comunitarias http://ctb.ku.edu/es/ Consumer Health Materials in Spanish http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/chspanish.html
Denver Public Library Salud y Medicina http://espanol.denverlibrary.org/health/index.html Familydoctor.org Pamphlets in Spanish http://familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home.html
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/sinterna.html Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration en Español http://www.hablemos.samhsa.gov/espanol/
Healthfinder en Español http://www.healthfinder.gov/espanol MedlinePlus en español http://medlineplus.gov/esp
Merck Manual of Medical Information -- Home Edition http://www.msd.es/publicaciones/mmerckhogar/index.html MiPiramide http://www.mypyramid.gov/sp-index.html Unite States Department of Agriculture's food pyramid Spanish language portal.
Multimedia Medical Spanish Translator http://polyglot.topsailmultimedia.com/polyglot.html Includes audio files so you can listen to the translated words and phrases. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/spanish.htm
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://espanol.ninds.nih.gov/ National Institutes of Health En Español http://salud.nih.gov/
National Women's Health Information Center en Español http://www.4women.gov/espanol/ NOAH -- New York Online Access to Health http://www.noah-health.org
Oficina de Salud de las Minorias/ Office of Minority Health http://www.omhrc.gov/espanol/ University of Michigan Health Systerm Health Topics A-Z; En Español http://health.med.umich.edu/healthcontent.cfm?id=294
Walgreens -- Bienvenidos a WalgreensEspañol.com http://www.walgreensespanol.com/ Thai
SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages http://spiral.tufts.edu/thai.shtml Provides consumer information in Thai (as well as Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, and Vietnamese) and on a wide variety of Internet resources including National Library of Medicine and Tufts University resources. Vietnamese
SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages http://spiral.tufts.edu/vietnamese.shtml Provides consumer information in Vietnameses (as well as Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, and Thai) and on a wide variety of Internet resources including National Library of Medicine and Tufts University resources. Glossaries by Language ----------------------
Babel Fish Translation Service http://babel.altavista.com Multilingual Glossary of Technical and Popular Medical Terms in Nine European Languages http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/welcome.html
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