Health Websites for Spanish Speakers
FamilyDoctor.org
es.familydoctor.org/familydoctor/es.html
From the Academy of Family Doctors, offers a wealth of family health, disease, and preventive health information.
Home Safety Council
www.safekids.org/spanish-resources
Offers information on various home safety topics in English and in Spanish.
American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org
Information in Spanish and English on heart health topics. www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-eating/eat-smart/healthy-living-spanish-infographics
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org/espanol/index
Information in Spanish and English on cancer topics.
myhealthfinder.gov
odphp.health.gov/espanol/myhealthfinder
Spanish version of general health website from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Medline Plus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/
Spanish website from the National Library of Medicine with information on various topics including pharmaceutical, tutorials, and medical encyclopedia.
Red Cross
www.redcross.org/cruz-roja
Information in Spanish and English on topics such as disaster preparedness, safety, blood services and more.
Tuotromedico.com
www.tuotromedico.com
A medical encyclopedia in Spanish with guides and information about health care and medicine.
Hispanic Health for the Arizona Hispanic Center of Excellence
Online portal of health information resources from the University of Arizona Health Sciences Library. Includes information on topics such as border health, cultural competency for health care, PubMed alerts, statistics, and more.
National Center for Farmworker Health
The National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH), established in 1975, is dedicated to improving the health status of farmworker families by providing information services and products to a network of more than 500 migrant health center service sites in the United States as well as other organizations and individuals serving the farmworker population.
HealthyNJ: Information for Healthy Living
HealthyNJ is a product of the University Libraries at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The Consumer Health Information Task Force, comprised of librarians from each of the four UMDNJ Campus Libraries, developed the content of the Web Site to meet the health care information needs of consumers, particularly the citizens of New Jersey. Includes information in Spanish as well as information on health needs of various ethnic groups.
Lasdrogas.info
From the Spain-based "Instituto para el estudio de las adicciones", this Web site contains information in Spanish on drug addiction.
National Women's Health Information Center
Here you can find original health information and thousands of health publications on special topics like pregnancy, breastfeeding, body image, HIV/AIDS, girls health, heart health, menopause and hormone therapy, mental health, quitting smoking, violence against women, statistics and daily news on women's health, and a calendar of women's health events. Information available by phone or via website in Spanish and English.
Cancer.gov en espanol
From the National Cancer Institute, this site currently contains 23 Web pages on different types of cancer, more than 100 peer-reviewed cancer treatment summaries for health professionals and patients, and a dictionary that includes 5,000 terms and definitions in both Spanish and English.