April is National Minority Health Month

Online Resources for Latinos and Spanish speakers

Consumer Health Resources- Latino Americans:
http://nnlm.gov/mcr/resources/community/latino_american_resources.rtf

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), coordinated by the National Library of Medicine, is a nationwide network of over 4,500 health science libraries and information centers. NN/LM libraries provide a variety of services to health professionals and to the public.

MedlinePlus en español: http://medlineplus.gov/esp/

Similar to the English version, this Spanish version of MedlinePlus has health topic pages, drug and supplement information, a medical encyclopedia, interactive tutorials, and health news. A helpful hint on this site for English speakers is that they can look up a health topic, encyclopedia topic, or drug in English and toggle directly to that topic or drug information in Spanish!

ToxTown en español: http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/espanol/index.html

Although there is no graphic yet for the Spanish version of ToxTown, the environmental health topics are grouped together for ease of use. One of the latest scenes on the English version is the US-Mexico Border which has environmental health concerns grouped together using the graphic interface in a Colonia setting.

FirstGov en español Salud y Seguridad: http://www.firstgov.gov/Espanol/Topics/Salud.shtml

Did you know that you can narrow down your FirstGov search by Health and Safety and Spanish? By doing this you will find the over 80 links to U.S. federal government health information

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) en español: http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/default.htm

If you are looking for public health information on topics such as the flu, hurricanes and other weather patterns, immunizations, tobacco use, and other public health concerns, the CDC's site in Spanish is an excellent site for this.

Cancer.gov en español: http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/

Specific types of cancer are covered on this site with information for patients and for health professionals in Spanish. Information starts with the basics of cancer and goes on to treatment, medication, clinical trials, and other publications.

NLM Exhibit "Changing the Face of Medicine": http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/

You can search by ethnic group on this site and see the 27 featured Hispanic women doctors who have made significant contributions to their fields. Some biographies include extra photos and videos.

Office of Minority Health en español: http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlID=100

The Department of Health and Human Services created the Office of Minority Health to improve and protect the health of minorities. The web site includes this Spanish language portal.