The 24 Languages Project: Consumer Health Brochures in Multiple Languages
Includes over 200 health education brochures in 24 different languagues. The brochures are also available in multiple formats, including audio. Links
to related resources are available as well.
American
Diabetes Association
Information about diabetes for African
Americans includes specific community program suggestions, diabetes risk test
online, background information on diabetes and its prevalence in the African
American community, and a resource list of related websites.
DiversityRX
Promotes language and cultural competence to improve the quality of health care
for minority, immigrant, and ethnically diverse
communities.
Ethnomed: Ethnic Medicine Guide
From
the University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center. Contains information
about cultural beliefs, medical issues, and other related issues pertinent to
the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are
refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world.
HealthWeb: Minority
Health
A collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of
the Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of
Medicine (NN/LM) and those of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation.
Includes health information for African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans.
National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
"Prevent High Blood Pressure"
booklet online. One of a series of seven easy-to-read booklets on "Improving
Cardiovascular Health in African Americans" available in their entirety on this
website.
Office
of Minority Health (OMH)
The mission of OMH is "to improve the
health of racial and ethnic populations through the development of effective
health policies and programs that help to eliminate disparities in health."
Includes information about public health issues affecting American Indians,
Alaskan Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders,
African Americans, and Hispanics/Latinos.
Office of Minority - Health
Resource Center
National resource and referral service on minority
health issues established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The "Minority groups" section under Health Links includes African
American-related websites.
Transcultural and
Multicultural Health Links
Compiled and created by a librarian at
Indiana University. Includes health-related information for a variety of ethnic
groups, religious groups, and other populations. |
