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• Multilingual Health Information
  

  Below you will find a list of links to sites that present health literacy information in other languages, in addition to English.
  

The 24 Languages Project
Here you will find consumer health brochures in multiple languages. They provide access to over 200 health education brochures in 24 different languages. Some with sound.
http://library.med.utah.edu/24languages/

Ethnomed
This site contains fact sheets and some sound and video on a variety of common health conditions in several languages. The site also has information about cultural beliefs and practices as they relate to health care.
http://ethnomed.org/

S*P*I*R*A*L
This site contains patient information on a variety of health topics in a variety of Asian languages. You can search the site by topic or language.
http://www.library.tufts.edu/hsl/spiral/

New South Wales Multicultural Health Communication Service
Over 400 health publications in many languages are available on this site. The site links users to multilingual materials created by Multicultural Health Communication Services as well as resources produced by others.
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/health-public-affairs/mhcs/index.html

MedlinePlus
Interactive tutorials that teach about a variety of health topics using animated graphics, with sound and simple text. Available in both English and Spanish.
:: English:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorial.html
:: Spanish: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorial.html

Culture, Health and Literacy
An addendum to the Health and Literacy Compendium with a focus on issues of culture and multi-lingual materials.
http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/culture/index.html

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