Data & Measurements
Writing in Plain English and Other Languages
HealthReach is a national collaborative partnership that has created a resource of quality multilingual, multicultural public health information for those working with or providing care to
individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP).
- CDC Plain Language Materials and Resources The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention page includes "Everyday Words for Public Health Communication."
- Consumer Health Information in Many Languages Resources The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention page includes "Everyday Words for Public Health Communication."
- Plain Language Medical Dictionary "The Plain Language Medical Dictionary widget is a project of the University of Michigan Taubman Health Sciences Library as part of the Michigan Health Literacy Awareness project."
Websites
- Health.gov: Resources Brief list of resources for Health Communication, Health Literacy, Cultural Competence, Health Information Technology (IT), Usability.
- Health Literacy Online: A Guide for Simplifying the User Experience This research-based guide will help you develop intuitive health websites and digital tools that can be easily accessed and understood by all users — including the millions of Americans who struggle to find, process, and use online health information.
- Think Cultural Health This site provides information for "health care professionals to learn about culturally and linguistically appropriate services, or CLAS." From the Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health.
Images and Infographics
U.S. National Library of Medicine's Digital Collections
"Digital Collections is the National Library of Medicine's free online repository of biomedical resources including books, still images, videos, and maps. All of the content in Digital Collections is freely available worldwide and, unless otherwise indicated, in the public domain."
Image: National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Medical Arts and Photography Branch. (1989). Health communications in español. Retrieved from http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101454128
- APHA Infographics Infographics from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
- CDC Global Health Global Health Resource Library Includes social media graphics, infographics, and other resources.
- Public Health Image Library (PHIL) CDC's online collection of images, that can be used for "reference, teaching, presentation, and public health messages." Site also links to other health related image sites.
- WHO Media Centre The English language version of World Health Organization (WHO) multimedia centre links to images and infographics. Click the links at the top for multimedia in other languages.
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