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Health in Plain Terms: Tools for Patients and Other Consumers
Below are links to websites with tips to help you talk to your doctor, take care of health problems and stay healthy.
Health Basics in Plain Terms: Websites, Guides and Tools
Health Basics in Different Languages
Talking With Your Doctor
Finding Health Insurance
Health Basics in Plain Terms
Websites
MedlinePlus / MedlinePlus en Español
Basic information about health and drugs. Includes talking slideshows on a number of health diseases, conditions and tests.
(Source: National Library of Medicine)
Family Doctor / Family Doctor en Español
Information on common health conditions. There are special pages for groups such as parents and seniors. The Smart Patient Guide has information about medical bills, choosing a doctor, and more.
(Source: American Academy of Family Physicians)
Kids Health
Health information designed for parents, kids, and teens. You can select English or Spanish.
(Source: Nemours Foundation)
Consumer Reports Health
Information on healthy living, health conditions and drugs.
(Source: Consumer Reports)
Lab Tests Online
Information about medical tests and screening, such as what they are for and what the test will be like.
(Source: American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
Healia--Your Health Search
Helps you search for good quality health information. Enter a word in the "search" box and click on search. Then you can pick the kind of results you want--for example, basic or advanced reading level, results for women or men, kids or teens, etc.
(Source: Healia)
Patient 101: How to Find Reliable Health Information (PDF)
A brochure listing websites with health information you can trust.
(Source: Joint Commission Resources)
Guía de MedlinePlus para una búsqueda saludable en Internet
¿Qué debo buscar cuando evalúe la calidad de la información de salud que ofrecen los portales de Internet?
(Source: National Library of Medicine)
Picking Good Websites
Tips for telling if a website has what you need.
(Source: Medical Library Association)
Health News
Grades health stories you see in the paper, online on and TV based on whether they are correct, fair, and tell the whole story.
(Source: Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making)
MyHealthToolkit
Tips for finding health information.
(Source: University of Washington Health Sciences Library)
Guides for Taking Care of Your Health
Quick Information for Your Health / Información Rápida Para Su Salud
Reader-friendly guides in English and Spanish on topics such as shots for kids, keeping your food safe, and using medicines safely.
(Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
Plain Talk Guides
Plain language guides on:
(Source: Harvard School of Public Health--Health Literacy Studies)
Rx Riddles
A guide to the words doctors use when they write prescriptions.
(Source: Medical Library Association)
Tools for Taking Care of Your Health
My Health. My Medicare.
A tool to help those who use Medicare better manage their health and prevent illness.
(Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
Family Health History
A tool in English or Spanish to help you track and record your family’s health history.
(Source: US Surgeon General)
Health Basics in Different Languages and Cultures
Health Information in Multiple Languages
Guide to consumer health resources in languages other than English, reviewed for quality and accuracy.
(Source: MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine)
Healthy Roads Media
Health information on a variety of conditions in different languages and media (print, audio, video, iPod). Health topics include asthma, heart disease, mental health and smoking. Languages include Vietnamese, Spanish, Somali and Russian.
(Source: Healthy Roads Media)
EthnoMed
Health and medical information about and for various cultures. The website includes links to health materials in a number of languages.
(Source: Harborview Medical Center)
The 24 Languages Project
Health education brochures in 24 different languages.
(Source: Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah)
Diabetes Information
Links to brochures with basic information on diabetes in more than 35 languages.
(Source: The Nutrition Education for New Americans Project)
Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades
Información sobre salud: enfermedades y afecciones, vida saludable y mas.
Talking With Your Doctor
Ask Me 3: Tips for Talking with Your Doctor, Nurse or Pharmacist (PDF)
Pregúntame 3: Tres preguntas que usted debe hacer sobre su salud (PDF)
(Source: Partnership for Clear Health Communication)
Questions Are the Answer
Tips for what questions to ask when you are thinking about a new treatment, surgery or test; picking a new doctor, and more.
(Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
Finding Health Insurance
Health Insurance Help for Parents
This website helps you find out if you qualify for help with health insurance or for food assistance in Washington State. It also can help you find and apply for health insurance or food assistance.
(Source: Parent Help 123, A Program of Within Reach)
Assistance Programs and Other Resources
A list of resources for help with health insurance and prescription drugs.
(Source: National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
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