Health Literacy for Interprofessional Education (IPE) eToolkit

The National Library of Medicine offers patient and consumer information that is vetted for accuracy and is up-to-date. This link takes you to resources designed for individuals who will benefit from easy to read health and medical information. That said, use these materials judiciously as they will not be easy to understand for all patients/healthcare consumers.

The National Library of Medicine offers patient and consumer information that is vetted for accuracy and is up-to-date. This link takes you to resources on health and medical topics in many different languages. Please note not all diagnoses or conditions are covered but this site can be a good place to start, if, for example, you need patient information in Spanish, Japanese or Burmese.

SPIRAL is a website with authoritative and freely available health information in Asian languages. SPIRAL is maintained by the Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library and funded by a grant from the New England Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine under contract N01-LM-6-3508.

DeafHealth.org offers health information in American Sign Language. Information on diseases and conditions, medical tests, and two medications (Ace Inhibitors & Beta Blockers) is offered along with a list of deaf friendly healthcare providers, searchable by zipcode. While the site is free, you must register with your name and email address to use it. The site was founded by Casey Davis, a nationally board-certified PA, who developed the concept for the website thus fulfilling a graduate school assignment to meet the needs of an underserved community.

A product of the National Institutes of Health, HealthReach offers health information in many languages to share with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) patients. To support healthcare professionals, HealthReach offers:
• Health education materials in various languages and formats (brochures, handouts, audio recordings, and videos).
• Helpful provider information (cultural backgrounders, toolkits, fact sheets and tips for effective use of interpreters).
• Special collections on women’s health, substance abuse, and mental health.

Health Information Translations provides education resources in multiple languages for health care professionals and others to use in their communities. Resources are easy to read and culturally appropriate.