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Looking for educational materials for your Asian language-speaking patients? Check out SPIRAL (Select Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages):

http://spiral.tufts.edu/

Health information is available in the following languages: Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese, English, Hmong, Korean, Lao, Thai, and Vietnamese. Medications and medication safety are two of the topics covered. All materials are free to copy, distribute, and display for nonprofit purposes.

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Patient Teaching Guides

Patient Teaching Displays for the Elderly Client

Client Teaching - Informative chapter on basic patient teaching principles

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Here is a website I found recently that has patient teaching materials on it. The link is to an index page.

http://www.patients.uptodate.com/ - an index that links you into up to date patient education materials on a large variety of medical topics that is a joint project of a group of medical professional organizations. You can also get some professional level information here as well.

Of course, remember to always check to see what Medline Plus has on it as it is a great source of patient information.
http://www.medlineplus.gov/

This link is to a patient education document that explains what goes on in the intensive care units in laymans language.

http://www-test.thoracic.org/assemblies/cc/ccprimer/mainframe2.html - A Primer on Critical Care for Patients and Their Families from the American Thoracic Society. There is a wealth of information here the includes discussions of the purpose of the intensive care unit, common illnesses of patients in the intensive care units, ICU devices and procedures (foleys, stomach tubes, arterial catheters, central venous catheters, right heart catheterization, mechanical ventilation, weaning from the ventilator, tracheostomy, lumbar puncture, paracentesis, thoracentesis, chest tubes, bronchoscopy and hemodialysis), making decisions about the end of life, living wills, medical futility, withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments, commonly asked questions, a guideline to advanced directives

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Great patient teaching resources from Healthology:

http://www.healthology.com/categories.asp

For instance, this Healthology link is complete with videos and discussion of multiple diabetes-related conditions in layman terms:

http://www.healthology.com/focus_ind...&b=healthology

And two other wonderful resources (compliments of gauge14iv):

www.drpen.com

http://www.medem.com/medlb/medlib_entry.cfm

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Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati

Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati Web site provides information on patient education programs, which includes diseases, conditions and surgeries, diagnostic tests, health information, procedures for home care, medications, and others. Information on seat belts and airbags, bike helmet program, and library resources are listed.

Pediatric Health Library from the University of Utah

Variety of topics. The site is primarily written for patient information.

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CDC's Public Health Image Library

Home - Public Health Image Library (PHIL)

Diabetes Clip Art

CDC's Diabetes Program - Publications and Products - Diabetes Clip Art

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Diabetes Educational Literature - In both English and Spanish. Multiple topics pertaining to diabetes. Excellent quality and FREE!

BD Diabetes > Learning Center > Managing Diabetes with Insulin > Educational Literature

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Low-Literacy Pamphlets in Spanish/ English

Ideally, patient teaching materials should be written on a 5th-grade reading level with lots of pictures. Otherwise, many patients will simply not grasp the content.

Quick Information for Your Health - From the Food and Drug Administration: a rich variety of patient teaching topics.

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Hundreds of subjects! A goldmine of information from Vanderbilt Medical Center:

Patient Teaching and Home Care Instruction Sheets

Patient/Family Education at VUMC

Another goldmine from UPMC:

UPMC Patient Education Materials

Patients and others who visit UPMC facilities can learn about health-related topics by reading
printed information prepared by UPMC. This page gives you online access to the same patient education materials that those who visit UPMC receive. Each printed piece is presented here
in PDF format which means each page will appear on your screen as it appears in the printed sheet or brochure.

UPMC Patient Education Materials, UPMC | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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Selected Patient Education Resources

Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) Publications
Clearinghouse
2101 E. Jefferson St., Suite 501
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 594-1364
www.ahrq.gov

Alcoholics Anonymous World Services
P.O. Box 459
Grand Central Station
New York, N.Y. 10163
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org

Alzheimer's Association
919 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60611
(800) 272-3900
www.alz.org

American Academy of Ophthalmology
Eye Net
P.O. Box 7424
San Francisco, CA 94120-7424
www.eyenet.org

American Brain Tumor Association
2720 River Road
Des Plaines, IL 60018
(847) 827-9918
(800) 886-2282
www.abta.org

American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 320-3333
(800) ACS-2345
www.cancer.org

American Diabetes Association
1701 N. Beauregard St.
Alexandria, VA 22311
(800) 372-2383
www.diabetes.org

American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Ave.
Dallas, TX 75231
(800) AHA-USA1
www.americanheart.org

American Liver Foundation
1425 Pompton Ave.
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
(800) GO-LIVER (465-4837)
www.liverfoundation.org

American Lung Association
1790 Broadway
New York, NY 10019-4374
(212) 315-8700
(800) LUNG-USA
www.lungusa.org
www.lalung.org

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association
27001 Agoura Road, Suite 150
Calabasas Hills, CA 91301-5104
(818) 880-9007
www.alsa.org

Arthritis Foundation
1330 W. Peachtree St.
Atlanta, GA 30309
(404) 872-7100
(800) 283-7800 (patient information)
www.arthritis.org

Brain Injury Association
105 N. Alfred St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
(800) 444-6443
www.biausa.org

Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America Inc.
386 Park Ave. South, 17th floor
New York, NY 10016-8804
(800) 932-2423
www.ccfa.org

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
6931 Arlington Road, Suite 200
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 951-4422
(800) FIGHT CF (344-4823)
www.cff.org

Epilepsy Foundation of America
4351 Garden City Drive
Landover, MD 20785
(800) 332-1000
www.efa.org

Glaucoma Foundation
116 John St., Suite 1605
New York, NY 10038
(800) GLAUCOMA(452-8266)
www.glaucoma-foundation.org/info

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
1311 Mamaroneck Ave.
White Plains, NY 10605
(914) 949-5213
(800) 955-4572
www.leukemia.org

Lupus Foundation of America Inc.
1300 Piccard Drive, Suite 200
Rockville, MD 20850-4303
(301) 670-9292
www.lupus.org

Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
706 Haddonfield Road
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
(800) 532-7667
www.msaa.com

Muscular Dystrophy Association
3300 E. Sunrise Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85718-3208
(800) 532-7667
www.mdausa.org

Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America
5841 Cedar Lake Rd., Suite 204
Minneapolis, MN 55416
(800) 541-5454
www.myasthenia.org

National Association of People With AIDS
1413 K St. NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 898-0414
www.napwa.org

National Cancer Institute
NCI Public Inquiries Office
Suite 3036A
6166 Executive Blvd. MSC 8322
Bethesda, MD 20892-8322
(800) 4-CANCER
www.nci.nih.gov

National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency
20 Exchange Place, Suite 2902
New York, NY 20005
www.ncadd.org

National Hemophilia Foundation
116 W. 32nd St., 11th floor
New York, NY 10001
(212) 328-3700
(800) 42-HANDI (Spanish available)
www.hemophilia.org

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Building 31, Room 7A50
31 Central Drive, MSC 2520
Bethesda, MD 20892-2520
www.niaid.nih.gov

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Information
National Institutes of Health
1 AMS Circle
Bethesda, MA 20892-3675
(301) 496-4484
www.niams.nih.gov/

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NIH Neurological Institute
P.O. Box 5801
Bethesda, MD 20824
(301) 496-5751
(800) 352-9424
www.ninds.nih.gov

National Kidney Foundation
30E. 33rd St., Suite 1100
New York, NY 10016
(212) 889-2210
(800) 622-9010
www.kidney.org

National Multiple Sclerosis Society
733 Third Ave.
New York, NY 10017
(212) 986-3240
(800) FIGHT-MS (344-4867)
www.nmss.org

National Osteoporosis Foundation
1232 22nd St. NW
Washington, DC 20037-1292
(202) 233-2226
www.nof.org

National Parkinson Foundation Inc.
1501 N.W. 9th Ave.
Miami, FL 33136
(800) 327-4545
www.parkinson.org

National Stroke Association
9707 E. Easter Lane
Englewood, CO 80112
(303) 649-9299
(800) STROKES
www.stroke.org

Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
1233 22nd St. NW
Washington, DC 20037-1292
(202) 233-0344
(800) 624-BONE
www.osteo.org

Paralyzed Veterans of America
801 18th St. NW
Washington, D.C., 20006-3517
(800) 424-8200
www.pva.org

Parkinson Disease Foundation
710 W. 168th St.
New York, NY 10032-9982
(800) 457-6676
www.pdf.org

United Ostomy Association Inc.
19772 Mac Arthur Blvd., Suite 200
Irvine, CA 92612-2405
(949) 660-8624
(800) 826-0826
www.uoa.org

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