There are many agencies, organizations, associations, book and video distributors that are now providing bilingual information. The following list is a sampling of resources to utilize when looking for Spanish language consumer health information. This list contains resources originating from the United States, as the medical standard of care is different from country to country. This list is to be used as a guide in providing information, and is by no means inclusive of all Spanish consumer health information available.
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP): http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/
American Academy of Dermatology Pamphlet Index: http://www.aad.org/pamphlets/
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Patient Education Brochures (Select En Español): http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/
American Cancer Society Información En Español: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ESP/ESP_0.asp
American Diabetes Association: http://www.diabetes.org/enespanol/spanish.jsp?WTLPromo=HEADER_espanol&vms;=147362353458
American Heart Association: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=177
Cancer Care Información en español: http://www.cancercare.org/EnEspanol/EnEspanolmain.cfm
Council on Family Health: http://www.cfhinfo.org/educationResources/educationIndex.html
Epilepsy Foundation of America: http://www.efa.org/
GINE-web: http://www.unizar.es/gine/entrada.htm
Hablamos Juntos (We Speak Together): http://www.hablamosjuntos.org/index/
La Leche League International: http://www.lalecheleague.org/LangEspanol.html
The Merck Manual of Medical Information -- Home Edition en Español: http://www.msd.es/publicaciones/mmerck_hogar/
The National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations Catalog (COSSMHO): http://www.hispanichealth.org/
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Información En Español: http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Informacion%20en%20Espanol.asp
National Parkinson Foundation: http://www.parkinson.org/literatu.htm
New Mexico AIDS Infonet: http://www.aidsinfonet.org/
Planned Parenthood Federation of America En Español: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/espanol/
REPROLINE - Reproductive Health Online En Español: http://www.reproline.jhu.edu/spanish/
Well-Connected via Egalenia.com (Select Enciclopedia): http://www.egalenia.com/
Adler's Foreign Books: http://www.afb-adlers.com/
Blackboard Entertainment: http://www.blackboardkids.com/
Churchill Media Spanish Titles: 1-800-315-8122
DLB Educational Corp.: 281-987-0383 dlbeduc@PDQ.net
Donars Spanish Books: 1-800-552-3316
EBSCO, Spanish Title List: 1-800-653-2726
Family Experiences Productions, Inc.: http://www.fepi.com/
Libros Sin Fronteras: http://www.librossinfronteras.com
Madera CineVideo: 1-877-964-0644
McGraw-Hill Companies: 212-904-5099
Milner-Fenwick Online: 1-800-432-8433 http://www.milner-fenwick.com/
National Educational Systems, Inc.: booksnes@swbell.net
Pyramid Media: http://www.pyramidmedia.com
Quality Books, Inc.: 1-800-323-4241
Richardsons Distribution & Books, Inc.: 1-800-392-8562
T.R. Books, Spanish Language Book Distributor: http://www.trbooks.com/
Universal Health Communications: http://www.uhci.com
Workman Publishing: 1-800-722-7202
World Book/Childcraft: 1-800-975-3250
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research/Clinical Guidelines en Español: http://www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/espanoix.htm
CancerInfoNet.org: http://www.cancerinfonet.org/spanish/index.htm
Center for Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN) en Español: http://store.mentalhealth.org/espanol/default.aspx
Centers for Disease Control en Español: http://www.cdc.gov/spanish
Combined Health Information Database (keyword Spanish): http://chid.nih.gov/simple/simple.html
Documentos sobre el cáncer (National Cancer Institute): http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/
Food and Drug Administration: http://www.fda.gov/opacom/catalog/spanlist.html or for easy-to-read health brochures in spanish: http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/spanlow.html
healthfinder™ lo que usted necesita: español: http://www.healthfinder.gov/espanol/
MedlinePlus en español: http://medlineplus.gov/esp/
Multicultural Health Communication Service (MHCS): http://mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/
National Cancer Institute: http://www.cancer.gov/espanol
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Latino Cardiovascular Health Resources: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/heart/latino/lat_pat.htm
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases en Español: http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/spanish.htm
National Institutes of Health, Consumer Health Information: http://salud.nih.gov/
National Institute of Mental Health: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/spanishpubs.cfm
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/spanishindex.htm
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Publications: http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/brochures.htm
National Women's Health Information Center Recursos en Espanol: http://www.4woman.gov/spanish/
Office of Minority Health Resource Center: http://www.omhrc.gov/spainfo.htm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/espanol.html
Access to Electronic Spanish-Language Patient Education Materials: A Utah Community Project - Directorio de recursos / Resources Directory: http://www.med.utah.edu/pated/handouts/indexspan.cfm
HealthWeb: http://healthweb.org/index.cfm
Houston HealthWays: http://hhw.library.tmc.edu/espanol.html
The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits: http://www.mncn.org
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH): http://www.noah-health.org/
Oregon Health Sciences University: http://www.ohsu.edu/library/patiented/esplinks.shtml
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center: http://hsc.unm.edu/
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