The following list of organizations that have produced Patient Education tools may be appropriate for your patient population or useful as a starting point for developing health center-specific patient education materials. A few of the tools are dated; however, the content may be appropriate for common ailments in which care has stayed consistent.
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Multi-Lingual Materials
English Only Materials
Developing/Evaluating Patient Education Tools
MULTI-LINGUAL MATERIALS
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Roadmap to Better Care
Various resources including those on being prepared for a health center visit, next steps after an appointment, differences between community health care providers and the emergency department, and more. These resources are offered in various languages including Arabic, Chinese, English, Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese
www.cms.gov/files/document/c2c-roadmap-better-care.pdf
Community Catalyst
Outreach Hub
Outreach & Enrollment tools including information about Open Enrollment and Health Insurance Literacy offered in various languages including Chinese, Korean, Marshallese, Spanish, Tagalog, Tongan, and Vietnamese. These are all contained within a publicly available Google Drive with folders for each subject and language
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XdQi210XQIl0Qtsgbs0B-kCwqrDsdp_l
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA en Español
Spanish language information to educate Hispanics, researchers, and health care providers on how environmental health issues (including asthma, mold, carbon monoxide, and pesticides) affect the different Hispanic communities
espanol.epa.gov
EthnoMed
Contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues, and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world; for patient education materials, click on the Patient Education button
ethnomed.org
Healthfinder
A to Z health topics for children, teens, men, women, and seniors on 1,600 health topics in English and Spanish
www.healthfinder.gov
How’s Your Health: Personal Guide for the Best Health and Medical Care
Free health assessment tool for patient use; available in English and Spanish
howsyourhealth.org
ENGLISH ONLY MATERIALS
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Questions Builder App – mobile app that helps patients prepare and organize questions and other helpful information before an appointment and allows for note-taking during medical visits
www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/question-builder.html
Bright Futures
Guidelines, strategies, and tools that are theory-based, evidence-driven, and systems-oriented that can be used to improve the health and well-being of children
brightfutures.aap.org/Pages/default.aspx
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Adolescent and Adult Vaccine Quiz
www2.cdc.gov/nip/adultImmSched
Getting the Care You Need: A Guide for People with Disabilities
www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/OMH/equity-initiatives/Getting-the-Care-You-Need.pdf
Community Health Association of Mountain/Plains States (CHAMPS)
Patient education document that informs patients about health effects of wildfire smoke as well as precautions to minimize exposure.
Protect Yourself From Wildfire Smoke
MedlinePlus
Health topic summaries, videos, and tools
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health
Fact sheets to encourage and guide families to support children’s eye health
nationalcenter.preventblindness.org/resources-for-parents-and-caregivers
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
“Your Guide to Healthy Sleep” for patients and public, available in downloadable format or as printed copy
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/healthy_sleep.htm
DEVELOPING/EVALUATING PATIENT EDUCATION TOOLS
Center for Health Care Strategies
Health literacy resources
www.chcs.org/resource/health-literacy-fact-sheets
Health Literacy Consulting
Provides services to health professionals on health literacy and communication
www.healthliteracy.com