¿No Comprende? Online Health Resources for English Speakers Serving Spanish Speaking Communities
CLASS LINKS
Cultural Competence & Health Literacy
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): http://www.hrsa.gov/culturalcompetence/
Office of Minority Health (OMH): http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=1&lvlID=3
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ): http://www.ahrq.gov/research/cultural.htm
NN/LM SE/A Health Literacy Toolkit: http://nnlm.gov/sea/outreach/healthlitkit/index.html
American Medical Association Health Literacy Toolkit: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/about-ama/ama-foundation/our-programs/public-health/health-literacy-program/health-literacy-kit.shtml
HRSA Free Online Health Literacy Course: http://www.hrsa.gov/publichealth/healthliteracy/
HRSA “About Health Literacy”: http://www.hrsa.gov/publichealth/healthliteracy/healthlitabout.html
Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov
Spanish Language
SpanishSpanish Alphabet: http://www.spanishspanish.com/alfabeto_ipower.html
Spanish Flashcards: http://spanishflashcards.tripod.com
Flashcard Exchange: http://www.flashcardexchange.com/tag/nnlm
StudySpanish: http://www.studyspanish.com/freesite.htm
StudySpanish Medical Vocabulary: http://www.studyspanish.com/travel/medical.htm
Spanish Diacritics ( ‘ ~ )
Spanish Typeit: http://spanish.typeit.org
University of Michigan – Diacritics for Mac and PC: http://www.umich.edu/~langres/diacritics/spanish.html
Lingolex Internet Vocabulary: http://www.lingolex.com/internet.htm
PolyGlot Medical Spanish Translator: http://polyglot.topsailmultimedia.com/polyglot.html
Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Division English-Spanish Dictionary PDF: http://www.orosha.org/pdf/dictionary/english-spanish.pdf
Practicing Spanish Medical Vocabulary: http://www.practicingspanish.com
123 TeachMe Medical Spanish: http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/medical-spanish
Babelfish Online Translator: http://babelfish.yahoo.com/
Google Online Translator: http://translate.google.com/?hl=en#en|es|
Evaluation of Online Spanish Health Information
MedlinePlus Guide to Healthy Web Surfing: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/healthywebsurfing.html
Evaluation Practice Group Activity – Evaluate these Spanish websites. Which seem like good resources and why?:
Online Health Resources:
MedlinePlus in Spanish: http://medlineplus.gov/spanish/
PubMed (Use Limits>Language>Spanish): http://pubmed.gov
ToxTown: http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/espanol/index.php
National Cancer Institute in Spanish: http://www.cancer.gov/espanol
AIDSinfo in Spanish: http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/infoSIDA/
Aidsinfonet in Spanish: http://www.aidsinfonet.org/?lang=spa
HealthFinder in Spanish: http://www.healthfinder.gov/espanol/
FirstGOV in Spanish: http://www.usa.gov/gobiernousa/Salud-Nutricion-Seguridad/Salud.shtml
CDC in Spanish: http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/
Pam American Health Organization in Spanish: http://new.paho.org/hq/
World Health Organization in Spanish: http://www.who.int/es/
Family Doctor in Spanish: http://familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home.html
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) in English/Spanish: http://www.noah-health.org/
KidsHealth in Spanish
For parents: http://kidshealth.org/parent/en_espanol/index.html
For teens: http://kidshealth.org/teen/en_espanol/
For kids: http://kidshealth.org/kid/en_espanol/
American Diabetes Association in Spanish: http://www.diabetes.org/espanol/
Diabetes Education Program in Spanish:
http://ndep.nih.gov/i-have-diabetes/TengoDiabetes.aspx
NN/LM Consumer Health Information in Many Languages:
http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/multi.html
AdCouncil’s Healthy Lifestyles: http://www.adcouncil.org/default.aspx?id=399
Search/Review Resources for Medical Spanish Apps (for iPhone, iPod, etc)
iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/
iMedicalApps: http://www.imedicalapps.com
MacWorld’s App Guide: http://www.macworld.com/appguide/index.html
