Sources for Patient Education Information

Low Literacy Patient Education Materials

• National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (www.niddk.nih.gov/health/eztoread.htm)

• FDA Easy-to-Read Publications (English and Spanish) (www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/7lowlit.html)
  
  
  
• National Center for Farmworker Health Bilingual Patient Education Materials (http://www.ncfh.org/00_ns_rc_pateduc.php)
  
  

Spanish Language Patient Education Materials

• MEDLINEplus Spanish (medlineplus.gov/spanish/)

• FamilyDoctor.org (American Academy of Family Physicians) (www.familydoctor.org/)

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/espanoix.htm)

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/sp-page.htm)

• National Cancer Institute (www.cancer.gov/espanol/)

• American Lung Association (www.lungusa.org/espanol/)

• Centers for Disease Control (www.cdc.gov/spanish/indice.htm)

• National Women's Health Information Center (www.4woman.gov/Spanish/index.htm)

• National Center for Farmworker Health Bilingual Patient Education Materials (http://www.ncfh.org/00_ns_rc_pateduc.php)

• FDA Easy-to-Read Publications (English and Spanish) (www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/7lowlit.html)

• NOAH: New York Online Access to Health (www.noah-health.org/)

Other Non-English Patient Education Materials

• Ethnomed (ethnomed.org/)
  Contains medical and cultural information on a variety of ethnic groups in order to assist providers in bridging language and cultural barriers during medical visits. It is designed to be used quickly by providers before seeing a patient. Patient education materials section (in languages other than English) is small but developing.

• New South Wales Multicultural Health Communication Service (Australia) (mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/)
  Patient handouts on a variety of topics in several languages. When you click on a topic, you can choose the appropriate language.

• Multilingual Health Education (www.multilingual-health-education.net/)
  "Canada's multi-language resource of high quality translated health information for health care providers and their clients."

Library Databases with Patient Education Materials

• Alt HealthWatch (EBSCOHost) 1990 - present.
  Full text 1990 - present; coverage varies by title.     Save to del.icio.us
  Find full-text articles, from more than 150 international and often peer-reviewed reports, proceedings as well as association and consumer newsletters. In addition, Alt HealthWatch includes hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts.

• Health Source - Consumer Edition (EBSCOhost) 1984 - present.     Save to del.icio.us
  Full text 1984 - present
  Find full text access to consumer health periodicals, health pamphlets, health reference books and more.

• Micromedex Care Notes™ and AltMed Leaflets--available in the Health Sciences Library or on Truman Medical Center Intranet. The handouts may be customized with specific instructions and contact information.

General Health Patient Education Materials

• Micromedex Care Notes™ and AltMed Leaflets--available in the Health Sciences Library or on Truman Medical Center Intranet. The handouts may be customized with specific instructions and contact information.

• MEDLINEplus (www.medlineplus.gov)
  The best place on the Web for consumer health information. This Website from the National Library of Medicine links to sources of reliable health information from national organizations such as the American Cancer Society. You will find information on conditions, diseases, and wellness, a medical dictionary and encyclopedia, drug information from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the United States Pharmacopoeia, health news and directories.

• FamilyDoctor.org (American Academy of Family Physicians) (www.familydoctor.org/)
  Includes consumer health information in English and Spanish, preventive medicine information, a consumer-friendly medical dictionary, a directory of Family Practice health care providers.

• The Merck Manual-Home Edition (www.merckhomeedition.com/)
  Based on the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy for consumers.

• HealthFinder (www.healthfinder.gov/)
  From the US Department of Health and Human Services, find reliable health information for consumers hand-picked from government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and universities.

• QuackWatch: Your Guide to Health, Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions (www.quackwatch.com/)
  Operated by Stephen Barrett, MD, this site provides warnings about quackery that consumers encounter daily.

• Health on the Net Foundation (http://www.hon.ch/)
  "The Health On the Net Foundation (HON), created in 1995, is a not-for-profit International Swiss Organization. HON's mission is to guide lay persons or non-medical users and medical practitioners to useful and reliable online medical and health information."

Prescription Drugs Patient Education Materials

• MEDLINEplus Drug Information (www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html)
  Information on thousands of over-the-counter and prescription medications from MedMaster a product of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and the USP DI® Advice for the Patient®, a product of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP). MEDLINEplus also offers information by topic (such as diabetes and immunizations), a dictionary, directories, and links to PubMed.

• FamilyDoctor.org (American Academy of Family Physicians) (http://www.familydoctor.org/)
  Includes drug information for health care providers and patients in English and Spanish. You may also check for drug-drug and drug-food interactions.

• RxList the Internet Drug Index (www.rxlist.com/)
  RxList was founded and is maintained by Neil Sandow, Pharm.D. a licensed California Pharmacist and includes over-the-counter, prescription, and alternative medicines. Also find a medical dictionary, a list of the top 2001 drugs prescribed in the previous year, and ability to search by NDC or imprint code.

• PDR.net Getting Well Drug Information (http://www.pdrhealth.com/)
  This site includes prescription drugs only. Some of the entries have photographs of the medications. Patients will also find a limited amount of "disease overviews
  

Alternative Medicine and Treatments Patient Education Materials

• National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (nccam.nih.gov/)
  Part of the National Institutes of Health, NCCAM offers alternative therapy information by therapy or by disease or conditions. Click on "Health Information" at the top left side of the page. You may find a consumer-oriented treatment page or a more detailed "evidence report."

• RxList Alternatives (www.rxlist.com/alternative.htm)
  Provides alternative medicine information in helpful frequently asked question (FAQ) format or patient information monographs on a wide variety of herbal medications.

Clinical Trials Websites

• Clinical Trials.gov (www.clinicaltrials.gov/)
  The U.S. National Institutes of Health, through its National Library of Medicine, has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies.