Diverse, Ethnic, Cultural Populations

• The Office of Minority Health 
  A nationwide service of the Office of Minority Health, the Public Health Service, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• 24 Languages Project 
  This website “is a project of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, in partnership with the Utah Department of Health, the Immunization Action Coalition, AAPCHHO and many others, to improve access to health materials in multiple languages.”  Consumer health brochures and sound recordings in multiple languages are available here.
• EthnoMED 
  “This site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to immigrant health care.”  Culture-specific pages include: Amharic, Cambodian, Chinese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Hispanic, Oromo, Somali, Tigrean, Vietnamese and others.
• Health Information Translations 
  Health Information Translations is designed to improve health education to patients with limited English skills.  This website is maintained by The Ohio State University Medical Center, Ohio Health, Mount Carmel Health System, Columbus Medical Association Foundation and the American Medical Association Foundation.
• Immunization Action Coalition 
  The Immunization Action Coalition works to increase immunization rates and prevent disease.  Information is available in English and thirty-two (32) other languages.
• Maternal and Child Health Library 
  “The Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University provides the MCH community with accurate and timely information on a broad range of topics.”  It includes materials “in numerous languages other than English, and the Organizations Database identifies additional sources for these materials.”
• Multilingual Health Information 
  MedlinePlus, a National Library of Medicine service, offers consumer health information in a variety of  languages. NLM also offers a list of health resources for Spanish and a variety of languages.
• African American Health
  The National Library of Medicine’s consumer health website, MedlinePlus, can be used to explore African American consumer health information.  

Health for Spanish Speakers

• MedlinePlus
  Información de Salud, un servicio de la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina y los Institutos Nacionales de Salud.
  • Noticias ordenadas por tema
    Lea sobre síntomas, causas, tratamientos y prevención de más de 1000 enfermedades, condiciones y temas de bienestar. MedlinePlus se revisa regularmente y los enlaces son actualizados diariamente.
• Medicinas, Hierbas y Suplementos de MedlinePlus.  Aprenda sobre sus medicamentos de receta y de venta libre.  Incluyendo efectos secundarios, dosis, precauciones especiales y mucho más.
• CDC en Español 
  Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades.
• Institutos Nacionales de la Salud 
  Este sitio contiene información relacionada a la salud pública.
• healthfinder (español) 
  Esta sección del healthfinder® contiene fuentes de información seleccionadas en español.  Esta información le puede servir de guía en la toma de decisiones acerca de su salud.
• FDA 
  Publicaciones en español de la Administración de Drogas y Alimentos de los Estados Unidos.   

Other

• Asian American Health
  The National Library of Medicine’s consumer health website, MedlinePlus, can be used to explore Asian American consumer health information.
• Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum 
  A national advocacy organization (APIAHF) dedicated to promoting policy, program and research efforts for the improvement of health status of all Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
• S*P*I*R*A*L (Archived website)
  Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages.  The pages of SPIRAL may be viewed in Chinese, Cambodian/Khmer, Hmong Lus Hmoob, Korean, Laotian, Thai or Vietnamese.  
• American Indian and Alaska Native Health
  The National Library of Medicine’s consumer health website, MedlinePlus, can be used to explore American Indian and Alaska Native consumer health information.
• Indian Health Service 
  The Indian Health Service (IHS) is an agency within the US Dept. of Health and Human Services and is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives.
• Native Health Database
  This University of New Mexico resource contains bibliographic information and abstracts of health-related articles, reports, surveys, and other resource documents pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations. Document delivery is currently free on any article found in this database.
   
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Health 
  Links to various sources of information from MedlinePlus.gov.
• GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality
  Nonprofit organization GLMA is a national organization committed to ensuring health equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and all sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals. Site contains a physician referral service.