Other Online Patient Education Tools
The following list of organizations that have produced Patient Education tools may be appropriate for your patient population or useful as a starting point for developing health center specific patient education materials. A few of the tools are dated; however, the content may be appropriate for common ailments in which care has stayed consistent.
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Multi-Lingual Materials
English Only Materials
Developing/Evaluating Patient Education Tools
MULTI-LINGUAL MATERIALS
American Cancer Society
Asian Pacific Islander Cancer Education Materials Tool
Searchable online database of Asian language cancer materials
www.cancer.org/apicem
Environmental Protection Agency
"El medio ambiente y su salud"
Spanish language information to educate Hispanics, researchers, and health care providers on how environmental health issues (including asthma, mold, carbon monoxide, and pesticides) affect the different Hispanic communities
www.epa.gov/espanol/saludhispana/index.htm
EthnoMed
Contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world; for patient education materials, click on the Patient Education button
http://ethnomed.org/ethnomed/index.html
Healthfinder
A to Z health topics for children, teens, men, women, and seniors on 1,600 health topics in English and Spanish
www.healthfinder.gov
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Women's health resources including Text4Baby, Podcasts, Bright Futures for Women's Health and Wellness including maternal, emotional, physical and eating health tools
www.hrsa.gov/womenshealth
How's Your Health: Personal Guide for the Best Health and Medical Care
Free health assessment tool for patient use; available in English and Spanish
http://howsyourhealth.org
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Free Spanish language fact sheets on healthy aging
www.niapublications.org/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=8&cat=Spanish+Language+Materials
New York Online Access to Health
Consumer health information via links; in English and Spanish
www.noah-health.org
ENGLISH ONLY MATERIALS
Bright Futures
Guidelines, strategies, and tools that are theory-based, evidence-driven, and systems-oriented that can be used to improve the health and well-being of children
http://brightfutures.aap.org/web
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Adolescent and Adult Vaccine Quiz
www2.cdc.gov/nip/adultImmSched
MerckSource: Health Information
Comprehensive health information for patients to use online
www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_home.jsp
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
"Your Guide to Healthy Sleep" for patients and public, available in downloadable format or as printed copy
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/healthy_sleep.htm
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
A-Z patient education handouts; also check out the UPMC Health Tools and Medicine Cabinet
http://patienteducation.upmc.com
DEVELOPING/EVALUATING PATIENT EDUCATION TOOLS
California Family Health Council, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Division
Develops health education programs and multi-cultural patient education materials
www.epahealth.org
Center for Health Care Strategies
For health literacy resources, go to the main website and search using this term: health literacy fact sheets
www.chcs.org
Health Literacy Consulting
Provides services to health professionals on health literacy and communication
www.healthliteracy.com
