Health Literacy Among Australians who Speak English as a Second Language

We help to develop the skills needed to make a difference. At the root of the issue is the lack of resources available to consumers who speaks English as a second language. We aim to gather available resources and develop new health related learning materials to bridge the existing gap .

About the Project

Starting Point

Engaging with health experts, we uncovered what the most fundamental tools are for improving health literacy.

Moving Forward

Finding out the existing gaps, main enduring barriers to health literacy, as well as the most essential requirements to improve health literacy, is at the core of our mission here.

Why This Project is Important?

In 2006, almost three million Australians aged 15–74 years spoke English as a second language. The 2006 Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey found that only 25 per cent of this group had achieved a level of individual health literacy described as adequate or better, compared with 44 percent of people whose first spoken language was English.

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woman having blood pressure monitor

Patient Education Resources for Non-English Speaking Consumers

Finding reliable consumer health materials in non-English languages can be difficult for those with limited health knowledge. We aim to gather all available health literacy resources in one place to make it easy to find and select from various health-related information in many languages.

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Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

About Kids Health

Languages: English, , Français, 中文(简体) (Chinese Simplified), 中文(繁體)Chinese (Traditional),, Português (Portuguese), Español(Spanish) اردو (Urdu), தமிழ் (Tamil), العربية (Arabic), ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Punjabi)

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

American Cancer Society

Languages: Arabic (اللغة العربية), Chinese (简体中文), French (Français), Haitian Creole (Kreyòl Ayisyen), Hindi (जानकारी), Korean (한국어), Polish (język polski), Portuguese (Português), Russian (Русский), Spanish (Español), Tagalog (Tagalog), Ukrainian (Українська), Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

American Academy of Peadetrics

Languages: Arabic, اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, Bengali, বাংলা, Chinese (simplified), 官话, English, French,français, Haitian Creole, kreyòl ayisyen, Hmong, Hmoob, Korean, 한국어, Polish, polski, Portuguese, português, Russian, русский язык, Somali, Soomaali, Spanish, español, Vietnamese, Tiếng Việt

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

Australian Department of Health and Aged Care

Languages: Afrikaans, Albanian - Shqip, Alyawarr, Amharic - አማርኛ, Anindilyakwa, Arabic - العربية, Armenian - Հայերեն, Assyrian - ܐܵܬܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ, Bengali - বাংলা, Bosnian - Bosanski, Bulgarian - Български, Burarra, Burmese - မြန်မာ, Chaldean - سورث, Chin Hakha - Laiholh (Hakha), Chinese, Simplified - 简体中文, Chinese, Traditional - 繁體中文, Croatian - Hrvatski, Dari - دری, Dinka - Thuɔŋjäŋ, Dutch - Nederlands, Eastern Arrernte, Finnish - Suomi, French - Français, German - Deutsch, Greek - Ελληνικά, Gujarati - ગુજરાતી, Gurindji, Hausa, Hazaragi - هزاره گی, Hebrew - עברית, Hindi - हिन्दी, Hmong, Hungarian - Magyar, Igbo, Indonesian - Bahasa Indonesia, Italian - Italiano, Japanese - 日本語, Kala Lagaw Ya^, Karen - ကညီကျိၥ်, Khmer, Kimberley Kriol, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi - Rundi, Korean - 한국어, Kriol, Kukatja, Kunwinjku, Kurdish - Kurdî, Kuuk Thaayorre, Laotian - Lao, Macedonian - Македонски, Malay - Bahasa Melayu, Malayalam - മലയാളം, Maltese - Malti, Meriam Mir, Murrinh-Patha, Nepali - नेपाली, Ngaanyatjarra, Oromo - Afaan Oromoo, Pashto - پښتو, Persian, Farsi - فارسی, Pintupi-Luritja, Pitjantjatjara, Polish - Polski, Portuguese - Português, Punjabi - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, Rohingya - Ruáinga, Romanian - Română, Russian - Русский, Samoan - Samoa, Serbian - Српски, Sinhala - සිංහල, Slovak - Slovenčina, Slovenian - Slovenščina, Somali, Spanish - Español, Swahili - Kiswahili, Tagalog, Tamil - தமிழ், Thai - ภาษาไทย, Tibetan - བོད་སྐད།, Tigrinya - ትግርኛ, Tiwi, Tongan - Lea Faka-Tonga, Torres Strait Creole - Yumplatok, Turkish - Türkçe, Ukrainian - Українська, Urdu - اردو, Uyghur, Vietnamese - Tiếng Việt, Walmajarri, Warlpiri, Western Arrarnta, Wik-Mungkan, Yankunytjatjara, Yolngu Matha, Yorùbá, Yulparija (Martu Wangka).

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Bringing Up Great Kids

Languages: Amharic - አማርኛ, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, English, Farsi, Khmer, Macedonian. Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, Turkish, Vietnamese

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Cancer Council NSW

Languages: Arabic | العربية, Chinese | 中文, Greek | Ελληνικά, Hindi | हिंदी, Italian | Italiano, Mакедонски – Macedonian, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

Translated appointment reminder tools

Link to Website: Cancer Council Victoria multilingual printable appointment card

Cancer Council Victoria Multilingual Printable Appointment Card

Languages: Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Karen, Khmer, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Polish, Punjabi Russian Serbian, Sinhala, Somali, Spanish, Sudanese Arabic, Tamil, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

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CLEAR Toolkit

The CLEAR toolkit is a clinical decision-making tool designed to assist healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, and allied health workers, in evaluating patient vulnerability sensitively and effectively. It is complemented by a trainer's manual and is accessible in over ten languages.

Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Luganda, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu, Yoruba

Link to Website: https://www.mcgill.ca/clear/download

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Link to Website: Children's Hospital Westmead - translated child health information

Children's Hospital Westmead

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ClinicalKey Patient Education

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Dental Health Services Victoria

Languages: Arabic, Burmese, Chin (Hakha) | Chinese simplified | Chinese traditional | Dari | Dinka | English | Farsi | Greek | Hazaragi | Italian | Karen | Khmer | Macedonian | Nuer | Persian | Punjabi | Somali | Spanish | Swahili | Tamil | Tigrinya | Turkish | Urdu | Vietnamese

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

Dementia Australia

Information in Multiple Languages Explore a wide array of Dementia-related information available in various languages.

Languages: Arabic (العربية), Armenian (հայերեն), Assyrian (ܐܵܬܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ), Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ), Croatian (Hrvatski), Dari (دری), Dutch (Nederlands), Filipino (Tagalog), Finnish (Suomalainen), French (Français), German (Deutsche), Greek (ελληνικά), Hazaragi (آزرگی), Hindi (हिंदी), Hungarian (Magyar), Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), Italian (Italiano), Japanese (日本語), Karen (ကညီကျိာ်), Khmer (ខ្មែរ), Korean (한국어), Lao (ລາວ), Latvian (Latvijas), Lithuanian (Lietuvos), Macedonian (МАКЕДОНСКИ), Malay (Bahasa Melayu), Maltese (Malti), Nepali (नेपाली), Polish (Polskie), Portuguese (Português), Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦੇ), Romanian (Românesc), Russian (русский), Serbian (српски), Simplified Chinese (简体字), Spanish (Español), Tamil (தமிழ்), Thai (ไทย), Traditional Chinese (正體字), Turkish (Türk), Ukrainian (український), Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

Link to Website: https://www.dementia.org.au/languages

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

Diabetes Victoria

Languages: 简体中文 Simplified Chinese, 繁體中文 Traditional Chinese, Ελληνικά Greek, Italiano Italian, Mакедонски Macedonian, Español Spanish, Türk Turkish, Việt Vietnamese, العربية Arabic

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

Diabetes Australia

Permissions and Acknowledgments

Permission has been obtained to include links from Diabetes Australia on this webpage. We are grateful for their contribution to our resource hub.

Languages:

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

Directories of Bilingual Health Professionals

Directories of bilingual health professionals - see  clinical psychologists,  psychology,  psychiatrists,  dietitians,   speech pathologists,  pharmacists

Languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic , Armenian, Basque,Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Cambodian, Cantonese, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Fiji , Finnish , French , Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi , Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish , Italian, Japanese , Javanese, Korean, Latin, Latvian , Lithuanian Macedonian , Malay , Malayalam , Maltese , Mandarin, Maori , Marathi , Mongolian, Nepali , Netherlandic, Norwegian, Other Chinese, Persian , Polish , Portuguese , Punjabi, Quechua, Romanian , Russian, Samoan , Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak , Slovenian , Spanish, Swahili , Swedish, Tagalog (Filipino) , Tamil , Tatar , Telugu, Thai, Tibetan , Tonga , Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek , Vietnamese, Welsh , Xhosa

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EthnoMed

EthnoMed Patient Education (University of Washington) This page has patient education resources, culture-specific pages (links to materials for target groups in their own languages), and a patient education section in many languages, including Cambodian, Chin, Chinese, Eritrean, Hmong, Iraqi, Karen, Latinx, Nepali speaking Bhutanese, Oromo, Somali, Ukranian, Vietnamese, Amharic, English, Somali, Spanish, Tigrinya, Vietnamese, English, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Chinese, , Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Nepali, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Spanish, and Tagalog.

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

Embrace Multicultural Mental Health

Embrace offers a collection of translated mental health resources developed by the National Mental Health Strategy (Commonwealth Government of Australia) and Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA) for healthcare practitioners serving culturally and linguistically diverse populations.

Link to Website: https://embracementalhealth.org.au/

Languages: English, amˈharɪk Amharic, عربى Arabic, ܣܘܪܝܬ Assyrian, 简体中文 Simplified Chinese, বাংলা Bengali, မြန်မာဘာသာ Burmese, hrvatski Croatian, دری‎ Dari, Thuɔŋjäŋ Dinka, فارسی Farsi, Ελληνικά Greek, آزرگی‎ Hazaragi, Italiano Italian, ကညီကျိ Karen, ភាសាខ្មែរ Khmer, 한국어 Korean, Krio Krio, Macedonian Macedonian, नेपाली Nepali, فارسی Persian, polski Polish, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Punjabi, русский Russian, српски Serbian, Español Spanish, Kiswahili Swahili, தமிழ் Tamil, 繁體中文 Traditional Chinese, Türkçe Turkish, Việt Vietnamese

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

Eurasia Health Knowledge Network & Multilingual Library

Eurasia Health Knowledge Network & Multilingual Library - a database of health education materials available in the languages of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

Languages: Albanian, Armenian, Azeri, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, English, Estonian, Georgian, Hungarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek

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HEALTHILY

Languages: English, Arabic, Greek, Italian, Tagalog, Hindi, Punjabi, Vietnamese, Cantonese and Mandarin

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

HealthLink BC

Languages: Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, Korean, Punjabi, Spanish, Vietnamese

Link to Website: https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/more/resources/other-languages

healthdirect

Multi-language health resources including videos

Languages:Arabic, Bengali, Chinese simplified, Chinese traditional, Vietnamese

Link to website:https://about.healthdirect.gov.au/multi-language-health-resources

Permissions and Acknowledgments

Our website includes materials from healdirect used with their permission, and links to healdirect are provided as recommended by them. We have also received authorization to use the healdirect logo in accordance with their guidelines.

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

Health Finder

Languages: Spanish and English

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

Health Information Translation

Exploring race, identity, family and community

National Literacy Trust (UK) Black lives matter reading lists for 0-16y - exploring race, identity, family and community

Languages: Amharic (Amarɨñña / አማርኛ), Arabic (العربية), Bosnian (bosanski), Chinese Simplified (简体中文), Chinese Simplified + Traditional (简体中文 繁體中文), Chinese Traditional (繁體中文), English, French (français), Hindi (हिन्दी), Japanese (日本語), Korean (한국어), Multilingual, Nepali (नेपाली), Portuguese (português), Russian (Русский), Somali (Af-Soomaali), Spanish (español), Swahili (Kiswahili), Tagalog (Wikang Tagalog), Ukrainian (Українська), and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

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Health Navigator New Zealand

Languages: Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, Cook Islands Māori, Dari, Farsi, Fijian, Filipino, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Kiribati (Tungaru), Korean, Mongolian, Te reo Māori, New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL), Niuean, Persian, Punjabi, Rotuman, Samoan, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Tokelauan, Tongan, Tuvaluan, Urdu, Vietnamese

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

Health Translations

An initiative by the Victorian Government, Health Translations provides health professionals and the community with reliable and up-to-date health information in numerous languages. The platform connects to multilingual resources from government bodies, health organizations, and welfare groups.

Languages: Acholi, Afrikaans, Akan, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian, Auslan, Bemba, Bengali, Bislama, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chaldean, Chin, Chin Falam, Chin Hakha, Chinese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Cangolese (Swahili), Croatian, Creole, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, Easy English, Estonian, Faili, Farsi (Persian), Fijian, Finnish, French, Gilbertese, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hakka, Harari, Hausa, Hazaragi, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Igbo, Juba Arabic, Kala Lagaw Ya, Karen, Karenni, Kinyarwanda, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer (Cambodian), Kirundi, Korean, Krio, Kurdish, Kurmanji, Lao, Latvian, Lebanese Arabic, Lingala, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Māori, Māori (Cook Islands), Mizo, Meriam, Nauruan, Nepali, Norwegian, Nuer, Oromo, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Rohingya, Romanian, Rotuman, Russian, Samoan, Sango, Serbian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Somali, Sorani, Spanish, Sudanese, Sudanese Arabic, Swahili, Swahili (Congolese), Swahili (Kenyan), Swedish, Tagalog (Filipino), Tamil, Telugu, Tetum, Thai, Tibetan, Tigrinya, Torres Strait Creole, Tok Pisin, Tongan, Tuvalu, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zande, Zomi

Link to Website: https://www.healthtranslations.vic.gov.au/

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

heretohelp

Languages: Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Farsi (Persian)/Dari, French, Korean, Punjabi, Japanese, and Vietnamese. English, Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Pashtu, Farsi, Punjabi, Urdu.

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

Humanitarian Settlement Program

Links to Website: Humanitarian settlement program and fact sheets in  English,  Arabic,  Assyrian,  Burmese,   Dari,  Farsi,  Karen,   Nepali,  Somali,  Swahili,  Tigrinya

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Immunization Action Coalition

Print materials available in a variety of languages

Languages: Spanish, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese-Simplified, Chinese-Traditional, Dari, Farsi, French, German, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Hmong, Italian, Japanese, Khmer (Cambodian), Korean, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, and Yiddish. These languages have Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) available. Additionally, some languages have other clinical resources alongside VISs, including Chinese-Simplified, French, Korean, Russian, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

Link to Website: https://www.immunize.org/vaccines/vis/varicella/

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interCultural Online Health Network (iCON)

Languages: Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, Korean, Punjabi, Spanish, Vietnamese, Indigenous cultural content

Links to Website:

https://southasian.iconproject.org

https://chinese.iconproject.org

https://indigenous.iconproject.org

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James A. Zimble Learning Resource Center

Languages: This Canadian resource provides multilingual health information in Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil and Urdu. In addition, mirror websites are available in French and Chinese. Cultural competency resources and patient education materials in the following languages: Amharic, Cambodian, Chinese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Oromo, Somali, Spanish, Tigrean, Vietnamese and others. Health education resources in the Arabic, Chinese Simplified and Traditional, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. Vaccine information produced by the Centers for Disease Control. Available in Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, Hmong, Karen, Korean, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

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King County, Washington (United States)

Languages: American Sign Language, Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese (traditional), Farsi, French, Hindi, Hmong, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Marshallese, Nepali, Oromo, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tigrigna, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Link to Website: https://kingcounty.gov/en/legacy/depts/regional-animal-services/translations

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Lab Tests Online

Languages: Chinese, Czech, English, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Polish, Romanian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish

Link to Website: https://labtestsonline.org.uk/global-sites

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Massachusetts Act Early

Languages: Armenian, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Haitian-Creole, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Portugese, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalong, Thai, and Vietnamese.

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Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse

Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse - PDF files covering a myriad of health topics in a variety of languages - some of the content is state-specific.

Link to Website: https://massclearinghouse.ehs.state.ma.us

Languages: Arabic, Cape Verdean Creole, Chinese - Simplified, Chinese - Traditional, English, French, Haitian Creole, Khmer, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Vietnamese, and Yoruba.

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Medline

.Languages: Albanian (Gjuha Shqipe), Amharic (Amarɨñña / አማርኛ), Arabic (العربية), Armenian (Հայերեն), Bengali (Bangla / বাংলা), Bosnian (bosanski), Burmese (myanma bhasa), Cape Verdean Creole (Kabuverdianu), Chinese, Simplified (Mandarin dialect) (简体中文), Chinese, Traditional (Cantonese dialect) (繁體中文), Chuukese (Trukese), Dari (دری), Dzongkha (རྫོང་ཁ་), Farsi (فارسی), French (français), German (Deutsch), Haitian Creole (Kreyol ayisyen), Hindi (हिन्दी), Hmong (Hmoob), Ilocano (ilokano), Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), Italian (Italiano), Japanese (日本語), Karen (S’gaw Karen), Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ), Kinyarwanda (Rwanda), Kirundi (Rundi), Korean (한국어), Kurdish (Kurdî / کوردی), Lao (ພາສາລາວ), Malay (Bahasa Malaysia), Marshallese (Ebon), Nepali (नेपाली), Oromo (Afan Oromoo), Pashto (Pax̌tō / پښتو), Pohnpeian (Mahsen en Pohnpei), Polish (polski), Portuguese (português), Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ), Russian (Русский), Samoan (Gagana Samoa), Serbo-Croatian (Srpskohrvatski / Српскохрватски), Somali (Af-Soomaali), Spanish (español), Swahili (Kiswahili), Tagalog (Wikang Tagalog), Thai (ภาษาไทย), Tibetan (lha-sa'i skad / ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་), Tigrinya (tigriññā / ትግርኛ), Tongan (lea faka-Tonga), Turkish (Türkçe), Ukrainian (українська), Urdu (اردو), Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt), and Yiddish (ייִדיש)

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Medline Plus

Languages: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Cape Verdean Creole, Chinese, Simplified (Mandarin dialect), Chinese, Traditional (Cantonese dialect) Chuukese, Dari, Dzongkha, Farsi, French, German, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hakha Chin, Hindi, Hmong, Ilocano, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Korean, Kurdish, Lao, Malay, Marshallese, Nepali, Oromo, Pashto, Pohnpeian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Samoan, Serbo-Croatian, Somali , Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Tigrinya, Tongan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yiddish

Link to information on a wide range of health topics in other languages-https://medlineplus.gov/languages/languages.html

Permissions and Acknowledgments

Our website includes links taken from the Medline Plus website with their permission.

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Minnesota Department of Health (United States)

Languages: Amharic (Amarɨñña / አማርኛ), Arabic (العربية), American Sign Language (ASL), Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Chinese (简体中文), Dari (دری), French (Français), Gujarati (ગુજરાતી),Hindi (हिन्दी), Hmong (Lus Hmoob), Karen (S’gaw Karen), Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ),Korean (한국어), Lao (ພາສາລາວ), Nepali (नेपाली), Oromo (Afan Oromoo),Pashto (Pax̌tō / پښتو ),Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ), Russian (Русский),Somali (Af Soomaali), Spanish (Español),Swahili (Kiswahili),Tagalog (Wikang Tagalog), Tibetan (lha-sa'i skad / ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་) ,Ukranian (українська), Urdu (اردو) Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)

Link to Website: https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/translation/index.html

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Multimedia Health

This site contains free audio, written and multimedia health education materials in a number of languages.

Languages: Amharic, Arabic, Bhutanese (Dzongkha), Bosanski (Bosnian), Burmese, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Hmong, Karen, Khmer, Kirundi, Korean, Kurdish, Liberian English, Laotian, Nepali, Russian, Somali (Soomaali), Spanish (Español), Swahili (Kiswahili), Tagalog, Tigrinya, Vietnamese (tie'ng Viet)

Link to Website: https://dph.georgia.gov/sites/dph.georgia.gov/files/TB-HealthyRoads.htm

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

Munch and Move

Languages: Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese

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National Center for Deaf Health Research

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Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

National Institute on Aging

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Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

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Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

National Literacy Trust (UK)

Exploring race, identity, family and community

National Literacy Trust (UK) Black lives matter reading lists for 0-16y - exploring race, identity, family and community

Languages:

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

NDIS Languages

Access information about the National Disability Insurance Scheme translated into multiple languages.

Link to Website: https://www.ndis.gov.au/languages

Languages: Auslan, Arabic (العربية), Assyrian (ܐܵܬܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ), Burmese (မြန်မာ), Chinese (Simplified) (简体中文), Chinese (Traditional) (繁體中文), Dari (دری), Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ), Farsi (فارسی), Hakha Chin (Laiholh), Hazaragi (هزارگی), Hindi (हिन्दी), Italian (Italiano), Karen, ကညီကျိာ်, Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ), Korean (한국어), Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).

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Translated appointment reminder tools

Link to Website: NSW refugee health appointment reminder translation tool  - generates translated appointment reminders - quick and easy to use.

NSW Refugee Health Appointment Reminder Translation Tool

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Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

New South Wales Multicultural Health Communication Service (Australia)

Languages: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Auslan, Bengali, Bosnian , Bulgarian, Burmese, Chaldean, Chin, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, English, Farsi, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hazaragi, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Indonesian , Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Karen, Khasi, Khmer , Kinyarwanda , Kirundi , Konkani, Korean , Kurdish Kurmanji, Kurdish Sorani, Lao, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepalese, Nuer, Oriya, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Pushto, Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Sudanese, Swahili, Tamil, Telegu, Tetum, Thai, Tibetan, Tigrigna, Tongan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese.

Link to Website: https://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/publications/browse-by-language?collectionfilter=1

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service

The service oversees a multilingual website housing over 450 health-related publications in various languages.

Languages: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Creole, Croatian, Czech, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, English, Farsi, Fijian, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Kirundi, Koori, Korean, Kurdish, Lao, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Māori, Nepalese, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Pushto, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Sorani, Spanish, Sudanese, Swahili, Tamil, Tetum, Thai, Tigrigna, Tongan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese

Link to Website:https://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/publications?collectionfilter=1#c3=eng&b_start=0

https://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/publications/browse-by-language?collectionfilter=1

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NPS Medicine Wise

Languages: Active Ingredient Prescribing: all you need to know (Arabic, simplified and traditional Chinese, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Punjabi, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese)

Medicines lists (Arabic, simplified and traditional Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Spanish, Vietnamese)

Choosing Wisely Australia: '5 questions to ask your doctor (Arabic, simplified and traditional Chinese, Croatian, Farsi, Greek, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese)

Antibiotics: the facts (Card #1: Arabic, simplified and traditional Chinese)

Changes to codeine availability in Australia (Resources tab: Arabic, simplified and traditional Chinese, French, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Spanish)

Be MedicineWise Week 2019 posters (download resources tab: Arabic, simplified and traditional Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Spanish, Vietnamese)

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Pauktuutit: Inuit Women of Canada

Languages: English, Five major dialects of Inuktitut

Kaggutiq Inuit Cancer Glossary (Pauktuutit: Inuit Women of Canada)-English, Nunavik, Nunavut, Nunatsiavut, Western Arctic

Tukisiviit: Do You Understand (Inuit Sexual Health Glossary)-English, Nunavik, Nunavut, Nunatsiavut, Western Arctic

Link to Website:

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Queensland Health (Australia)

Languages: Amharic, Burmese, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, English, French, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Samoan, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Vietnamese

Link to Website: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/multicultural/public/language

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Raising Children

Languages: Arabic (العربية), Auslan with English subtitles, Burmese (မြန်မာ), Cantonese (广东话), Dari (الضاري), Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ), Hakha Chin, Hindi (हिंदी), Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), Karen (ကညီကျိာ်), Korean (한국어), Mandarin (普通話), Nuer (Thok Naath), Persian (فارسی), Simplified Chinese (简体中文), Sudanese Arabic (سوداني), Swahili (Kiswahili), Tamil (தமிழ்), Turkish (Türk), and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)

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RCH Kids Health

Permissions and Acknowledgments

Republished, with permission, from resources at The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. www.rch.org.au Images and videos subject to copyright.

Languages: Arabic – العربية, Assyrian (ܐܵܬܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ_ܟܲܠܕܵܝܵܐ), Burmese (မြန်မာ), Chinese simplified (简体中文), Chinese traditional (繁體中文), Dari (دری), Dinka (Thuɔŋjäŋ), Farsi-Persian (فارسی), Hakha Chin (Laiholh), Karen (ကညီကျိ), Khmer (ខ្មែរ), Oromo (Afaan Oromoo), Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ), Somali (Soomaali), Turkish (Türkçe), Urdu (اردو), and Vietnamese (tiếng_Việt).

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Research Medical Library

Languages: Cancer Resources: Chinese, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish and Others. Health Info Translations [医学信息翻译]

Use the drop-down box to choose a language - Chinese Simplified and Traditional, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Ukrainian, Hindi, Vietnamese, and Arabic

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

Royal College of Psychiatrists UK

Discover translations of mental health information from the Royal College of Psychiatrists UK in diverse languages.

Link to Website: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/translations

Languages: Arabic (عربى), Bengali (বাঙালি), Chinese (中文), French (Français), German (Deutsch), Greek (Ελληνική), Gujarati (ગુજરાતી), Hindi (हिंदी), Italian (Italiano), Japanese (日本語), Marathi (मराठी), Persian (Farsi) (فارسی), Polish (Polski), Portuguese (Brazilian) (Português Brasileiros), Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ), Romanian (Română), Russian (Pусский), Sindhi (سنڌي), Spanish (Espanol), Swahili (Kiswahili), Telugu (తెలుగు), Tamil (தமிழ்), Ukrainian (украї́нська), Urdu (اردو), Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt), and Welsh (Cymraeg).

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Royal Women's Hospital

Translated fact sheets (women's health) - see bottom right corner to select language.

Languages: Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Burmese, Chin Hakha, Croatian, Chinese, English, Easy English, Farsi, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Macedonian, Oromo, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Thai, Tigrinian, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese

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Royal College of Anaesthetists

Permissions and Acknowledgments

Our website includes links taken from the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) website section "Translations" with their permission, but the RCoA has not reviewed this as a whole.

Languages: Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Kurmanji, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Somali, Sorani, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, Ukranian, Urdu, Welsh

Link to Website:

https://www.rcoa.ac.uk/patients/patient-information-resources/translations

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SPIRAL-Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages

Link to Website: http://spiral.tufts.edu

Languages: Cambodian Khmer, Chinese 简体中文/繁體中文, English, Hmong Hmoob, Japanese 日本語, Korean 한국어, Laotian Lao, Thai ภาษาไทย, Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

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Sydney Children's Hospital Network

Link to Website: Sydney Children's Hospital Network - translated child health information

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Easy-to-Read Health Books

Languages: All books in the series are available in English and Spanish.

What To Do When Your Child Gets Sick is also available in Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Arabic and Burmese.

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

This Way Up - Multilingual Resources

Find coping tools and worksheets translated into several languages commonly spoken outside of English.

Link to Website: https://thiswayup.org.au/resilience-tools/multilingual-resources/

Languages: Arabic, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English, Filipino, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese.

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Transcultural Mental Health Centre

Multilingual Resources Explore our Multilingual Resources page to access information on various mental health topics available in multiple languages.

TMHC COVID-19 and Mental Wellbeing—Resources for CALD Communities This page offers links to multilingual resources on mental health and COVID-19.

TMHC National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS): Their NDIS page provides access to multilingual resources about the NDIS.

Link to Website: https://www.dhi.health.nsw.gov.au/transcultural-mental-health-centre-tmhc/health-professionals/cross-cultural-mental-health-care-a-resource-kit-for-gps-and-health-professionals/multilingual-mental-health-information-for-patients

Languages: Albanian Shqip, Arabic عربي, Armenian հայերեն, Assyrian ܣܘܪܝܬ, Bengali বাংলা, Bosnian Bosanski, Burmese မြန်မာစာ, Chinese Simplified 简体中文, Chinese Traditional 繁體中文, Croatian Hrvatski, Dari دری, Dinka Thuɔŋjäŋ, English, Farsi فارسی, Filipino /, Tagalog, French Français, German Deutsch, Greek Ελληνικά,, Gujarati ગુજરાતી, Hazaragi هزارگی, Hindi हिंदी, Hungarian Magyar, Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia, Italian Italiano, Japanese 日本語, Khmer ខ្មែរ, Korean 한국어, Kurmanji Kurmanji, Lao ພາສາລາວ, Macedonian Македонски, Malayalam മലയാളം, Maltese Malti, Nepali नेपाली, Pashto پښتو, Polish Polski, Portuguese Português, Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, Russian Русский, Samoan Gagana Samoa, Serbian Српски, Sinhalese සිංහල, Somali Soomaali, Sorani سۆرانی, Spanish Español, Swahili, Tamil தமிழ், Tetum Tetum, Thai ไทย, Tibetan བོད་སྐད, Tongan Tonga, Turkish Türkçe, Ukrainian український, Urdu اردو, Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

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Transcultural Mental Health Centre

Languages:

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

Talking Pictures

Languages: Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Latvian, Macedonian, Persian, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Spanish, Tamil, Tetum, Thai, Vietnamese

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

The Rosetta Project

The Rosetta Project - Archive of 1,000 languages searchable by language or country - see alternate names. Specific Languages: Russian and other Central/Eastern European Languages

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University of Manitoba

Indigenous Health: Health Information in Inuktitut

Link to Website:https://libguides.lib.umanitoba.ca/c.php?g=297431&p=1993968

Languages: Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English, and French.

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Up To Date

Languages: Czech, Danish, Dutch, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Spanish, Swedish.

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Victorian Transcultural Mental Health

Link to Website: https://vtmh.org.au

Languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic,Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chichewa, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Corsican, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Laxembourgish, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Myanmar, Norwegian, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Pubjabi, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Scottish Gaelic, Serbain, Sesotho, Shona, Sindhi, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Sudanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukranian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoruba, Zulu

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Way Ahead

Way Ahead has translated several of its fact sheets on mental health topics into Bengali, Simplified Chinese, and Nepalese.

Link to Website: https://wayahead.org.au/get-the-facts/translations/

Languages: Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Bengali বাংলা, Simplified Chinese 简体中文, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Greek, Italian, Farsi, Khmer, Krio, Korean, Macedonian, Mongolian монгол, Nepalese नेपाली, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese, and Ukrainian, Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

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Quality, not quantity

New York Online Access to Health - links to sites covering hundreds of different conditions in a variety of formats

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

Quality, not quantity

WCM/NYP Resources Patient Education Resources from NYP Infone - approved fact sheets, including a few in Chinese and Spanish

Multi lingual Patient Education Resources

Quality, not quantity

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Specific conditions

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Translated appointment reminder tools

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