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A
Anemia
    Anemia (Inova Health System) (PDF - 74KB)

Avian Flu
    See Bird Flu
 
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Bird Flu
    Avian Influenza 'Bird Flu' (NSW Health) (PDF - 358KB)

Blood Pressure
    Know Your Blood Pressure Number (NHLBI) (PDF - 495KB)

Blood Sugar
    Know Your Blood Sugar Numbers (Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse) (PDF - 87KB)

Bone Marrow
    Information and Resources in Vietnamese (National Marrow Donor Program)
    Patient Frequently Asked Questions About Blood Stem Cell Transplants (National Marrow Donor Program)
   (PDF - 177KB)

Breast Cancer
    See Cancer - Breast Cancer
 
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Cancer

     General Information
          5 Screening Tests for Colorectal Cancer (Ethnomed) (PDF - 256KB)
          Cancer Facts for Men (ACS) (PDF - 441KB)
          Cancer Facts for Women (ACS) (PDF - 3,348KB)
          Cancer Materials in Vietnamese (ACS)
          Chemotherapy Tips (Inova Health System) (PDF - 84KB)
          Cultural Diversity: A Guide for Health Professional (Multilingual & Multicultural Health Brochures & Information)
          Health Information Translations - Vietnamese (OSUMC, MCHS, OH) (PDF - 67KB)
          Multilingual Health Information: Vietnamese (Stanford)
          Non-English Resources for Cancer Vietnamese
          Patient Information by Language: Vietnamese (SPIRAL)
          Promoting Good Health and Preventing Cancers (Ethnomed) (PDF - 2,041KB)
          Suc khoe la vang! (University of California)
          Thrombocytopenia (Inova Health System) (PDF - 73KB)
          Utah Center for Multicultural Health - Multilingual Library in Vietnamese (Utah Dept. of Health)
          What is Cancer? (Ethnomed) (PDF - 67KB)

     Breast Cancer
          A Woman's Guide to Breast Care (Y-ME) (PDF - 3,468KB)
          Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization in Vietnamese
          Mammogram (I.V.P) (Ethnomed) (PDF - 91KB)
          Mammogram: Do it for yourself, Do it for your Family (NCI) (PDF - 263KB)
          Mammograms (Ethnomed) (PDF - 2,205KB)
          What You Should Know About Breast Cancer (Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse) (PDF - 734KB)

     Cervical Cancer
          Cervical Cancer Screening (FDA)
          Cervical Cancer: What Vietnamese Women Should Know (NCI) (PDF - 2,548KB)
          You Can Prevent Colorectal Cancer (Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse) (PDF - 413KB)

     Colorectal Cancer
          Colonoscopy Test Preparation with Fleets (Ethnomed) (PDF - 76KB)
          Colonoscopy Test Preparation with Golytely (Ethnomed) (PDF - 84KB)
          Screening for Colorectal Cancer (Ethnomed) (PDF - 81KB)
          What is Colorectal Cancer? (Ethnomed) (PDF - 239KB)
          Who is at Risk? (Ethnomed) (PDF - 230KB)
          You Can Prevent Colorectal Cancer (Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse) (PDF - 413KB)

     Lung Cancer
          Lung Cancer Interactive Tutorial (Ethnomed)
          Lung Cancer Reference Summary (Ethnomed) (PDF - 211KB)

Child Health Issues
    All Kids Need Hepatitis B Shots (Immunization Action Coalition) (PDF - 146KB)
    Center for Weight and Health, U.C. Berkeley
    Childhood Obesity (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) (PDF - 909KB)
    Diaper Rash Information (Ethnomed) (PDF - 91KB)
    Ear Tubes and Your Child (Children's Hospital and Regeional Medical Center, Seattle, WA) (PDF - 317KB)
    EEG Tests (Children's Hospital and Regeional Medical Center, Seattle, WA) (PDF - 320KB)
    Hints For a Healthy Mouth: Birth to 24 Months (Children's Hospital and Regeional Medical Center, Seattle, WA)
    (PDF - 90KB)
    How to Treat your Child's Cough or Cold at Home (Ethnomed) (PDF - 240KB)
    How to Treat your Child's Vomiting and Diarrhea at Home (Ethnomed) (PDF - 181KB)
    Pain Control: For Short-Term Acute Pain (Children's Hospital and Regeional Medical Center, Seattle, WA)
   (PDF - 288KB)
    Tips For Keeping Your Child's Teeth Heathy: Ages 3 to 6 (Children's Hospital and Regeional Medical Center, Seattle,
    WA)(PDF - 98KB)
    Tonsil and Adenoid Surgery (Children's Hospital and Regeional Medical Center, Seattle, WA) (PDF - 335KB)
    Water Safety For Children Birth to Five Years (Children's Hospital and Regeional Medical Center, Seattle, WA)
    (PDF - 304KB)
    Water Safety For Children 6 to 11 Years Old (Children's Hospital and Regeional Medical Center, Seattle, WA)
    (PDF - 65KB)
    Water Safety Tips For Families (Children's Hospital and Regeional Medical Center, Seattle, WA) (PDF - 161KB)
    You and Your Baby's Teeth: Age 2 (Children's Hospital and Regeional Medical Center, Seattle, WA) (PDF - 98KB)
 
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Diabetes
    Diabetes and Nutrition Handbook (Diabetes Program, Texas Department of Health) (PDF - 1,349KB)
    Diabetes: Are You At Risk? (Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse) (PDF - 1,774KB)
    Diabetes Care Card (Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse) (PDF - 614KB)
    Diabetes Education Manual (Utah Dept. of Health) (PDF - 1,615KB)
    Diabetes Meal Planning (King County) (PDF - 186KB)
    Diabetes, Smoking and Your Health-Patient Fact Sheet (California Diabetes Program) (PDF - 327KB)
    Exercise and Diabetes (Ethnomed) (PDF - 231KB)
    Health Information Translations - Vietnamese (OSUMC, MCHS, OH) (PDF - 65KB)
    Medication for Treatment of Tuberculosis (Ethnomed) (PDF - 146KB)
    Multicultural Diabetes Materials (Ethnomed)
    Multilingual Health Information: Vietnamese (Stanford)
    Patient Information by Language: Vietnamese (SPIRAL)
    Sick Days and Diabetes (Ethnomed) (PDF - 172KB)
    Steps To Manage Your Diabetes (AAPCH) (PDF - 270KB)
    Take Care of Your Health. Manage Your Diabetes (NDEP) (PDF - 1,091KB)
    Two Reasons I Find Time to Prevent Diabetes (NDEP) (PDF - 1,622KB)
    What is Diabetes? (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) (PDF - 472KB)
 
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End of Life Issues
    Multicultural Palliative Care Guidelines (Multilingual & Multicultural Health Brochures & Information) (PDF - 1,060KB)

Exercise
    Be Active (NHLBI) (PDF - 516KB)
    Center for Weight and Health, U.C. Berkeley
 
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Flu
    Cold and Flu (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) (PDF - 375KB)
    Influenza Information in other Languages (CDC - Influenza (FLU))

Food Safety
    Ten Least Wanted Foodborne Pathogens (Partnership for Food Safety Education & FDA)
 
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Health Care
    Healthy Living: Medical Care in the United States (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) (PDF - 320KB)
    Multilanguage Gateway in Vietnamese (SSA)
    Multilanguage Gateway: Disability Benefits (SSA)
    Multilanguage Gateway: Medicare (SSA)
    Patient's Rights and Responsibilities (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) (PDF - 1,071KB)

Heart Health
    Cultural Diversity: A Guide for Health Professional (Queensland Health)
    Health Information Translations - Vietnamese: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) (OSUMC, MCHS, OH) (PDF - 126KB)
    Health Information Translations - Vietnamese: Heart Attack (OSUMC, MCHS, OH) (PDF - 68KB)
    Health Information Translations - Vietnamese: Heart Failure (OSUMC, MCHS, OH) (PDF - 66KB)
    Heart Disease (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) (PDF - 189KB)
    Information for Asian Americans (NHLBI/NIH)
    Patient Information by Language: Vietnamese (SPIRAL)

Hepatitis

     General Information
          The ABC's of Hepatitis (Ethnomed) (PDF - 165KB)

     Hepatitis B
          All Kids Need Hepatitis B Shots (Immunization Action Coalition) (PDF - 146KB)
          Asian Liver Center (Stanford)
          Hepatitis B fact sheet in Vietnamese (American Liver Foundation) (PDF - 931KB)
          Hepatitis B Foundation in Vietnamese
          StopHepb.com Informational website in Vietnamese
          Hepatitis B Treatment Information (Hepatitis B Foundation) (PDF - 53KB)
          Living With Chronic Hepatitis B (Hepatitis B Foundation) (PDF - 60KB)
          Print Materials in Vietnamese from the Immunization Action Coalition
          What Is HIV? (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) (PDF - 915KB)

HIV/AIDS
    Face The Truth Poster (Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse) (PDF - 119KB)
    HIV/AIDS Treatment Information in Vietnamese (Asian Community AIDS Services)
    HIV/AIDS Materials in Vietnamese
    Print Materials in Vietnamese from the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)
    Southeast Asian Outreach Brochure (Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse) (PDF - 690KB)
    What Is HIV? (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) (PDF - 915KB)
 
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Immunizations
    Print Materials in Vietnamese from the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)
    All Kids Need Hepatitis B Shots (Immunization Action Coalition) (PDF - 146KB)
 
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Leukaemia
    Understanding Leukaemias, Lymphomas, Myeloma and related blood disorders Leukaemia Foundation)
    (PDF - 158KB)

Lung Cancer
    See Cancer - Lung Cancer
 
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Medical Procedures
    Abdominal Ultrasound (Ethnomed) (PDF - 94KB)
    Barium Enema Test Preparation (Ethnomed) (PDF - 75KB)
    Colonoscopy Test Preparation with Fleets (Ethnomed) (PDF - 76KB)
    Colonoscopy Test Preparation with Golytely (Ethnomed) (PDF - 84KB)
    Computed Imaging CT Scan (Ethnomed) (PDF - 106KB)
    Excretory Urogram (I.V.P) (Ethnomed) (PDF - 120KB)
    Laparoscopic Anti-Reflux (GERD) Surgery (Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons)
    Mammogram (I.V.P) (Ethnomed) (PDF - 91KB)
    Mammogram: Do it for yourself, Do it for your Family (NCI) (PDF - 263KB)
    Mammograms (Ethnomed) (PDF - 2,205KB)
    Obstetrical or Pelvic Ultrasound (Ethnomed) (PDF - 117KB)
    Screening for Colorectal Cancer (Ethnomed) (PDF - 81KB)
    Sigmoidoscopy Test Preparation (Ethnomed) (PDF - 61KB)
    Upper Gastrointestinal Series (U.G.I.) (Ethnomed) (PDF - 117KB)

Medical Terms
    Glossary of Managed Care Terms (L.A. Care Health Plan Cultural and Linguistic Services) (PDF - 332KB)
    Human Anatomy Illustrative Guide & Medical Terminology (L.A. Care Health Plan Cultural and Linguistic Services)
    (PDF - 1,212KB)

Medicine
    Aging, Medicines and Alcohol (SAMHSA) (PDF - 5,215KB)
    Fever and Acetaminophen (Tylenol) (Ethnomed) (PDF - 145KB)
    My Medicines (FDA)
    Pharmacy Ancillary Labels (L.A. Care Health Plan Cultural and Linguistic Services) (PDF - 179KB)
    When Getting A Perscritpion (AHRQ) (PDF - 98KB)
    When Talking With Your Doctor (AHRQ) (PDF - 107KB)
    Tuberculosis Poster (AAPCHO) (PDF - 298KB)

Mental Health

     Abuse Recovery
          Helping Yourself Heal: A Recovering Woman's Guide to Coping With Childhood Abuse Issues (SAMHSA)
          (PDF - 8,055KB)

     Anxiety Disorder
          What Is An Anxiety Disorder? (Multicultural Mental Health Australia) (PDF - 2,891KB)

     Eating Disorders
          What Is An Eating Disorder? (Multicultural Mental Health Australia) (PDF - 3,408KB)

     General Information
          Good Mental Health Is Ageless (SAMHSA) (PDF - 7,559KB)
          Mental Health Information in Vietnamese (NAAPIMHA)

     Mental Illness
          What Is Mental Illness? (Multicultural Mental Health Australia) (PDF - 2,865KB)

     Personality Disorder
          What is a Personality Disorder? (Multicultural Mental Health Australia) (PDF - 286KB)

     Post Partum Depression
          Being A Mother Is A Hard Job (Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse) (PDF - 924KB)

     Schizophrenia
          What is Schizophrenia? (Multicultural Mental Health Australia) (PDF - 2,886KB)

Multiple Health Topic Resources
    Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islanders (Healthfinder)
    Asian Liver Center (Stanford)
    Cultural Diversity: A Guide for Health Professional (Queensland Health)
    Health Information Translations - Vietnamese (OSUMC, MCHS, OH)
    Health Problems in Asian American / Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian Women
    (Minority Women's Health)
    Help for Health Booklets (NAPCA)
    Language Resources (Virginia Department of Health - Office of Health Policy and Planning)
    Multilingual Health Information: Vietnamese (Stanford)
    NSW Multicultural Health (Multilingual & Multicultural Health Brochures & Information)
    Other Language Resources (NLM)
    Suc khoe la vang! (University of California)
    Utah Center for Multicultural Health - Multilingual Library in Vietnamese (Utah Dept. of Health)
    Viet Digest (APIAHF)
    Wellwomen's Health Information (Royal Women's Hospital)
 
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Nutrition
    Center for Weight and Health, U.C. Berkeley
    Diabetes Meal Planning (King County) (PDF - 174KB)
    Good Nutrition (NHLBI) (PDF - 481KB)
    Healthy Asian Recipes (REACH) (PDF - 2,856KB)
    Healthy Eating, Healthy Living (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) (PDF - 3,636KB)
    Meal Planning Basics (Ethnomed) (PDF - 84KB)
    Meal Portions (Ethnomed) (PDF - 97KB)
 
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Obesity
    Childhood Obesity (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) (PDF - 909KB)
    Meal Portions (Ethnomed) (PDF - 97KB)
    What Is Obesity? (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) (PDF - 904KB)

Osteoporosis
    Osteoporosis: It's Never Too Early Or Late To Do Something About It (Massachusetts Health Promotion
    Clearinghouse) (PDF - 648KB)
 
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
    Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) (PDF - 236KB)

Smoking
    Don't Burn Your Life Away (NHLBI) (PDF - 506KB)
    Live Longer: Quit Smoking Now! (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) (PDF - 380KB)

Substance Abuse
    Aging, Medicines and Alcohol (SAMHSA) (PDF - 5,215KB)
    "Inhalant Abuse: Your Child at Risk" in Vietnamese/English (TheAntiDrug.com) (PDF - 1,841KB)
    Multicultural Drug Info (Drug Info Clearinghouse)
    TheAntiDrug.com in Vietnamese
    What Is Substance Abuse Treatment? A Booklet for Families (SAMHSA) (PDF - 654KB)
    "What Parents Need to Know about Marijuana" in Vietnamese/English (TheAntiDrug.com) (PDF - 1,699KB)
 
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Thalassemia
    Hemoglobin H Disease (Northern California Comprehensive Thalassemia Center) (PDF - 321KB)
    Thalassemia Disease & Trait (Northern California Comprehensive Thalassemia Center) (PDF - 151KB)

Tuberculosis
    Active TB Disease (Minnesota Department of Health) (PDF - 198KB)
    Instructions For Collecting Sputum For TB (Minnesota Department of Health) (PDF - 70KB)
    Sick Days and Diabetes (Ethnomed) (PDF - 172KB)
    TB Contact Investigations (Minnesota Department of Health) (PDF - 105KB)
    Treatment For Latent TB Infection (Minnesota Department of Health) (PDF - 120KB)
    Tuberculosis: Get The Facts (AAPCHO) (PDF - 4,309KB)
    Tuberculosis: Get the Facts (Ethnomed) (PDF - 183KB)
    The Tuberculosis Skin Test (Ethnomed) (PDF - 34KB)
    What is Tuberculosis? (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) (PDF - 508KB)
    What You Need To Know About Tuberculosis (AAPCHO) (PDF - 961KB)
 
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West Nile Virus
    Publications: West Nile Virus Multilingual Fact Sheet (Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care)
    (PDF - 2,735KB)

Women's Health
    Routine Health Exams for Women (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) (PDF - 993KB)
    What Every Woman Should Know about Her Body: Menstrual Cycle (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants)
    (PDF - 810KB)
 
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