Librarian Profile
Kevin Brooks
Contact:
kbrooks2@bsu.edu
Foundational Sciences Library (FB141) &
Health Library (HB101)
Foundational Sciences Library (FB141) &
Health Library (HB101)
765-285-1118
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Healthcare Online in Spanish
"Healthcare professionals in the United States serve patients of many nationalities, including many Spanish-speaking citizens and visitors. While most patients may speak English, they may better understand about vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases when the information is written in Spanish."
--Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Many medical websites offer the option to translate the page into other languages. Most of the US government sites have a one-click option near the top or in the main dropdown menu.
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (in Spanish)The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) offers a growing library of publications in Spanish that compare treatments for heart and vascular system conditions, diabetes, cancer, bone and more.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (in Spanish)CDC's website in Spanish.
- Consumer Health Information in Many Languages Resources: National Network of Libraries of MedicineA portal to health information websites from around the world in multiple languages including Spanish.
- Health and safety publications, Texas Department of InsuranceList of factsheets about health and safety topics in English and Spanish.
- Health Information in Mulitple Langauages: MedlinePlusFind multilingual, multicultural health information and patient education materials about health conditions and wellness topics. Learn about diseases, causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention. Materials may be available as printable documents, audio, and video.
- Health Information TranslationsProvides education resources in multiple languages for health care professionals and others to use in their communities. Resources are easy to read and culturally appropriate.
- HIVinfo (NIH.gov)Patient information on AIDS.
- Indiana State Department of Health (in Spanish)Must use the Google Translate dropdown menu at the bottom of the screen to change the language to Spanish.
- Información de salud para toda la familia (FamilyDoctor.org)Offered by the American Academy of Family Physicians, this site offers many topics for various audiences (women, men, seniors, parents, and kids) as well as over-the-counter guides and health tools. You can click a button to translate all of them into English to review the contents before distributing them.
- MyHealthFinderA consumer health website in Spanish.
- Nutrition.gov, US Department of Agriculture (in Spanish)Food and nutrition site from the USDA in Spanish.
- Salud, nutrición y seguridad (USA.gov)USA.gov is an interagency product administered by USAGov (formerly the Federal Citizen Information Center), a division of the U.S. General Services Administration's Technology Transformation Service.
- Temas de salud (MedlinePlus))At Medline Plus, you can access trusted health information in Spanish (or translate it back into English by clicking the yellow “English” button at the top right of the screen). Topics are sorted by body location and systems, disorders and conditions, diagnosis and therapy, demographic groups, and health and wellness.
- Texas Department of Health and Human Services (in Spanish)Texas Department of Health and Human Safety's website in Spanish.
- US FDA in SpanishPágina principal en español de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los Estados Unidos