Health Literacy

• Center for Linguistic and Cultural Competency in Health Care
  The Office of Minority Health established the Center for Linguistic and Cultural Competency in Health Care to address the health needs of populations who speak limited English. Its mission is to collaborate with federal agencies and other public and private entities to enhance the ability of the health care system to effectively deliver linguistically appropriate and culturally competent health care to limited English-speaking populations.
• Cross Cultural Healthcare Program
  Cross Cultural Health Care Program is primarily a training and consulting organization supported by a wide array of multilingual publications available for purchase through our online store, the Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP) endeavors to enhance the abilities of health professionals to provide culturally competent and linguistically appropriate care.
• DiversityRx
  The purpose of DiversityRx is to improve the accessibility and quality of health care for minority, immigrant, and indigenous communities. They support the development and provision of health services that are responsive to the cultural and linguistic differences presented by diverse populations..
• Think Cultural Health
  This site, sponsored by the Office of Minority Health, offers the latest resources and tools to promote cultural and linguistic competency in health care. You may access free and accredited continuing education programs as well as tools to help you and your organization provide respectful, understandable and effective services.

• EthnoMed
  Contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and related topics pertinent to the health care of immigrants to the US.
• Health Information in Multiple Languages: MedlinePlus
  Use these links to find health information in languages other than English.
• Health Information Translations - Quality health education resources for diverse populations.
  Health Information Translations provides education resources in multiple languages for health care professionals and others to use in their communities.
• Healthy Roads Media
  A source of quality health information in many languages and multiple formats. 
• Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages (SPIRAL)
  SPIRAL (Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages) is a web resource that connects people to authoritative health information in Asian languages that is freely available on the World Wide Web.

Adapted from University of Maryland Health Sciences and Human Services Library Health Literacy Resource Guide. Used with permission.