Health Information Resources for Underserved Populations: Multicultural & Multilingual Health Resources

Health topics from the Indian Health Service, with special emphasis on American Indians and Alaska Natives.

On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect Native Americans.

Arctic Health is a central source for information on diverse aspects of the Arctic environment and the health of northern peoples. Search results include published and unpublished articles, reports, data, and links to organizations pertinent to Arctic health, as well as out-of-print publications and information from special collections at the University of Alaska.

CCHRC provides a vast variety of health information that is precise, updated, and linguistically and culturally sensitive to the Chinese community.

Ensuring you have access to affordable, quality health services has been one of HAP’s highest priorities for 30 years. HAP’s Health and Wellness Impact Area assists you and your family in navigating the health care system and its challenges within a cultural context.

We provide education to help you become proactive about your health through health care insurance enrollment, chemical and mental health care services and diabetes programming.

On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect Asian Americans.

On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.

NIH NHLBI health information materials for the Asian American/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Population

Health Topics from PAHO. PAHO is the specialized international health agency for the Americas. It works with countries throughout the region to improve and protect people's health.

SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages began as a joint initiative of the South Cove Community Health Center and Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library. SPIRAL aims to increase access to Asian-language health information for consumers and health care providers. The SPIRAL web site is a collection of links to Asian-language patient care documents that have been created by authoritative sources and are freely available on the World Wide Web. Links are organized by topic and language.

Explicit, standardized instructions improve patients’ understanding, and possibly reduce errors while improving adherence. These tested instructions for pills follow the Universal Medication Schedule (UMS), which simplifies complex medicine regimens by using standard time periods for administration (morning, noon, evening, and bedtime). These instructions have also been translated into Chinese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

EthnoMed is a joint program of the University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries and Harborview Medical Center's Interpreter Services Department/Community House Calls Program (ISD/CHC). The objective of the website is to make information about culture, language, health, illness and community resources directly accessible to health care providers who see patients from different ethnic groups.

Health Information Translations provides education resources in multiple languages for health care professionals and others to use in their communities. Resources are easy to read and culturally appropriate.

IAC Handouts web section gives users free access to hundreds of vaccination-related handouts and fact sheets for healthcare professionals and the public. Technical accuracy has been confirmed by immunization experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

AACC provides peer-reviewed patient education materials including flyers and infographics to help guide patients on general and popular lab medicine topics.

MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.

Multilingual health information from the Multicultural Health Communication Service, Government of New South Wales

The Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service works with culturally diverse communities and with health services in NSW to reduce the impacts of HIV and viral hepatitis. Health information in multiple languages.

An information portal leading to health resources from across NIH for selected priority health areas. The languages for each condition are chosen to reach populations with particular health disparities.

Point to Talk booklets designed for Massachusetts General Hospital inpatients in 19 languages.

The Transcultural Mental Health Centre works with people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, health professionals and partner organisations across NSW to support good mental health. and enhance pathways to care for culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Understanding Cultural Diversity. Creating awareness for compassionate healthcare.

A collection of health resources, with a focus on refugees & immigrants. Also includes key reports, articles and toolkits to learn more about the field of health literacy or to implement and evaluate an effective health literacy program.

On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect Black people and African Americans.

Health Education Resources in American Sign Language

Health information in Spanish from AHRQ

Provides current information on the treatment of HIV / AIDS and its prevention in Spanish and ten other languages.

Cancer information in Spanish

Health information in Spanish from the CDC

familydoctor.org health resources include a medical dictionary, Body Mass Index calculator, symptom checker tool, immunization schedules for all ages.

MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.

On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect Latino and Hispanic Americans.

The National Alliance for Hispanic Health is a science-based and community-driven organization that focuses on the best health for all. Community-based members provide services to more than 15 million Hispanics throughout the U.S. every year.

Patient education resources on women's health in Spanish

The ADA Web Search Portal is a list of keywords and focused Google search of important websites that contain information about the ADA. The purpose of the Portal is to connect individuals with high quality information about the Americans with Disabilities Act and to assist individuals in answering ADA questions.