Multilingual and multicultural resources
Canadian Sources
Centre for Addiction & Mental Health, Toronto – Multilingual resources on topics related to mental health
EthnoMed – Patient education resources from McGill University Library
Health Information in Inuktitut – a database compiled by the University of Manitoba for Aboriginal health
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto – links created by the Sidney Liswood Library Staff
Richmond, BC Public Library - links to multilingual resources
Settlement Org (Ontario).
Virtual Reference Library - Multilingual health and medicine from the Toronto Public Library.
Other Useful Sources
The 24 Languages Project - This site offers Electronic access to over 200 health education brochures in 24 different languages, including Arabic, Japanese, Russian and Tagalog.
CiSMeF-Patients Catalgue et Index des Sites Medicaux Francophones
Cancer Index List of Resources in Languages other than English - includes Japanese.
DiabetesMonitor - List of foreign language Internet sites on diabetes, including Japanese and Russian.
Doctor's Guide - 7 languages
Ethnomed - 20 languages and cross-cultural medicine information - University of Washington
HICUP – Health Information in Chinese uniting patients, physicians and the public
Immunization Action Coalition Vaccine Information Statements - Vaccine information statements in a variety of languages, including Arabic, Japanese, Russian and Tagalog.
Facts for Families (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
La Leche League - collection of breastfeeding information in languages other than English, including Hebrew, Japanese and Russian.
MedInfoRus - Medical information in Russian.
Multicultural Mental Health Australia - Mental Health information in a variety of languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese, Russian and Tagalog.
National Network of Libraries of Medicine – a comprehensive U.S. portal to multilingual electronic resources
NSW Health - electronic access to a multitude of health care brochures in a variety of languages, including Arabic, Japanese and Russian.
Victorian Government Health Information - Health care publications available as PDF files in 24 languages, including Arabic, Tagalog and Russian. Not all subjects are available in every language
Easy to Read Sources
Easy-to-Read Publications (FDA) - easy-to-read health brochures in both English and Spanish. These brochures are available on this Website in both PDF and HTML formats.
Low Literacy Patient Education Handouts - handouts prepared for the UCSF Homeless Clinic written in simple and clear language.