Massachusetts and other Health Information in Plain Language


Phone Web Page Address
Mayor's Health Hotline
Provides information for
individuals who do not
have health insurance
617-534-5050  
   
MA State Health Line 800-847-0710  
Air Quality Hotline
Reports on daily air quality,
May through September
800-882-1497  

 

 

Medline Plus health information
Easy-to-Read version

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/easytoread/easytoread_a.html

Prostate Cancer Booklet in plain English

http://healthteam.msu.edu/hsr/PEM_Booklet_7-21-04.pdf

Eating Right for A Healthier Life
A Web Quest

  http://www.altn.org/webquests/nutrition/index.html
Healthy Roads Media : multimedia, sound and print  

http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/eng.html

TOPICS: Abuse, Asthma, Dental Health, Diabetes, Diseases and Conditions,Exercise, Health services, heart, Immunization, Nutrition, Tobacco, Women's health

El Paso Collaborative Health Literacy Curriculum  

http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/elpaso/

LaRue Medical Literacy Exercises/Online Medical Literacy Learning Activities  

Slide shows with sound in English, Arabic, Hmong and Somali., and printable lessons.Topics include: Prescription Labels, Over the Counter Labels, Special warning Labels, and Side Effects.
http://www.mcedservices.com/medex/medex.htm

Nutrition, Diabetes and High Blood Pressure
http://www.mcedservices.com/medex2/medex2.htm

 

Firstfind.info   http://firstfind.info This is a portal to plain English web sites, including ones on health.
Health & Literacy Special Collection   http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/ There are many good links to health Web sites here.
Learning About Diabetes   http://www.learningaboutdiabetes.org
From Junk Food to Healthy Eating   http://www.photonovel.ca/photonovels/Healthy%20Eating.pdf  This photo novel was made at the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria, BC in Canada by immigrant women who collaboratively chose the topic of nutrition as a main health concern. After a lesson from a public health nurse on eating well, they wrote this story and did all the acting and photography.
Healthy Family Home  

http://www.ymca.net/healthyfamilyhome/about-us.htmll

Developed by the YMCA of the U.S.A., the goal of the web site is "to provide you with enough variety in all areas of Healthy Family Home—Play Every Day, Eat Healthy, Family Time—that you can pick and choose the tips and activities that make the most sense for your family"

     

Updated 09/24/08
by David J. Rosen