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State budget cuts to the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, funding agent for the Consumer Health Reference Center, have necessitated suspension of the CHRC service as of September 1, 2002. The CHRC librarians have enjoyed building relationships with other libraries while meeting your reference and research needs.
The CHRC web site is no longer updated, but will remain available, as many of the links may still be useful. Additional and up-to-date recommended resources may be found on the MGH Treadwell Library's Consumer Health Page.
For further assistance, you may wish to contact your regional reference center or the Boston Public Library, Science Reference Department at 617-536-5400.
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Non-English Language & Health Literacy Resources
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AIDS
Action HIV: Tratamiento del VIH
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AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts.
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American
Cancer Society Northern California Chinese Unit
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Cancer information in Mandarin and Cantonese.
- American Internal Health Alliance (AIHA) Multilingual Document Library
- Directory of over 800 health related materials translated into languages of the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe including Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Ukranian and others.
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Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO)
- List of pamphlets and other materials available in Chinese, Hmong, Ilocano, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Mien, Samoan, Tagalog, Vietnamese. Materials can be ordered. Many are free.
- Educaci?n y Defensa Sobre el C?ncer de Seno.
- The Women's Health and the Comprehensive Breast Center UMass Medical School.
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Ethnic
Health Pamphlet List Program
- List of pamphlets that are available in
languages other than English. Complied by Office of Ethnic Health Improvement
Project, Utah Department of Health. Provides details of where to
obtain pamphlets. Languages include: Cambodian, Chinese, Korean,
Hmong, Laotian, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Tongan and Vietnamese.
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Healthfinder
Espanol
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Federal government information in Spanish
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La
Leche League : Materials in Languages Other Than English
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Hmong Health. This site is in development but includes a Hmong-English Medical Dictionary.
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Multicultural Health Communication Service (New South Wales, Australia)
- Extensive listing of publications in numerous languages. Publications may be viewed and printed without any language software (Adobe Acrobat required for viewing).
- Multilingual Health Education Net (British Columbia Ministry of Health)
- Extensive list of publications in many languages including Chinese, Fasi, Hindi, Korean, Somali, Vietnamese, English, French, Italian, Punjabi and Spanish. Searchable by health topic, agencies and languages.
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Multi-lingual
Health Education Booklets
- Booklets developed by Multi-cultural Educational
Services, USA in collaboration with Anoka County Community Health and Environmental
Services. "Safety for Babies and Children"; "Feeding Baby"; "Accessing
Health Care"; "Taking Oral Medication." Languages include Hmong, Lao and
Vietnamese. PDF files.
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National
Cancer Institute (NCI) CancerNet Database
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Spanish version of CancerNet
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National
Health Information Center - Foreign Language Resources
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An index to non-English language resources.
Provides a short abstract summarizing services and a link to the web page
of each organization. NB Not always obvious where language resources are
located.
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National
Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)Spanish
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Patient
Education Links OHSU
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Many non-English resources from Oregon Health
Sciences University.
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Pregúntale
a NOAH sobre temas de salud y recursos
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NOAH Spanish version. Health information,
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OBGYN.net
Latina
- Physician reviewed service for women's
health. Spanish and Portugese.
- Spanish Materials Project
- Collaborative effort between the Spencer S.Eccles Health Sciences Library and the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. Spanish language pdf documents on major health topics for patient education. Excellent site.
- Spanish Patient Education Website
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Family Resource Library listing of educational materials in Spanish.
- Vietnamese
Community Health Promotion Program
- University of California San Fransisco
Vietnamese Community Health Promotion. Some information on breast cancer
and anti-smoking brochures available in Vietnamese.
- Yupi Salud
- This is the health section of a large Spanish language site that is similar to Yahoo.
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Easy
to Read Publications from the FDA
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Includes Spanish versions of Easy to Read
publications.
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National
Institute for Literacy
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Health Literacy factsheet and other resources.
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National
Literacy & Health Program
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Canadian Public Health Association Program.
Also in French.
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SABES System
for Adult Basic Education Support
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Established in 1990 by the Massachusetts
Department of Education, SABES, the System for Adult Basic Education Support,
is a comprehensive training and technical assistance initiative for educators
and programs. Resources include Health Education bibliography
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