Multilingual resources for patients

Multicultural resources are very important in consumer health

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Introduction

• See also Men's Health Pathfinders and Women's Health (General guide) (also Canadian consumer health information (CHI) portal )

4 stars denotes librarian-selected, high quality information. Starred sites are great places to begin your research.

• An online or print publication intended to present Canadian information for Canadians

Canada

• BCCA: websites in other languages
• BC Children’s Hospital’s Multilingual Health Information
• BC Renal Agency - Punjabi, Chinese, Tagalog
• Canadian Liver Foundation: Hepatitis B and C pamphlets
• Canadian Mental Health Association: Multi-language brochures
• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health: Multilingual Resources
• HealthLink BC: Translated Resources
• Health Education, McGill University & Infotheque, McGill University
• Heart & Stroke Foundation: Multicultural Resources
• Lakeridge Health Network: Multilingual and multicultural resources
• PasseportSanté.net (Québec)
• Vancouver Coastal Health Patient Health Education Materials Catalogue Some are available as as PDF - look on right-hand side of search results.

United States

• Health Information in Multiple Languages - National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• NNLM: Consumer Health Information in Many Languages
• The 24 Languages Project now hosted by Ethnomed
• Stanford Health Library: Multilingual Health Information
• Utah Dept of Health: Center for Multicultural Health
• Utah Healthnet: Multilingual Resources
• Healthy Roads Media - National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• Refugee Health Information Network
• Tufts U: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages

International links

• Australian Multicultural Health Communication System
• CISMeF - Catalogue et Index des Sites Medicaux de langue Française (France)
• Garrett MJ. Finding Online Health Information: A Guide for Vietnamese Professionals, 2011
• Drug Info Clearinghouse: Drug Prevention Network: Resources by language (AU)
• Emergency Multilingual Phrasebook (UK)
• European Medicines Agency (EMEA): European Public Assessment Reports
• Eurasian - online library of multilingual health resources with a focus on Central & Eastern Europe
• Health Information Translations
• Multikulti: Health (UK)
• Orphanet (France)
• Queensland Government: Health information in your language (AU)
• Royal College of Psychiatrists: Mental Health Information Translations (UK)

See also

• Answering health and medical reference questions
• CAPHIS | Top 100 Health Websites You Can Trust
• Consumer health information
• Patient education
• Top 100 Canadian Health Websites
• Top Ten (10) Canadian Health Websites 2010
• Top Social Media Websites in Medicine - 2012
• WikiPatient

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