Special Resources for Medical Spanish Students

Library Resources

Health/Medical Resources:

  1. The Access Project/Publications
  2. A Health Alert for Hispanic Pregnant Women
  3. AACAP: American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (Información para la familia)
  4. Arkansas Children's Hospital Family Resource Library: Spanish Patient Education Web Sites
  5. The Center for Mental Health Services
  6. Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades: CDC en español
  7. CCHCP -The Cross Cultural Health Program
  8. Children with Diabetes: diabetes dictionary
  9. El Cuerpo Vitual
  10. Department of Health and Human Services U.S.A.: Health Disparities
  11. Discover with Diversity Rx
  12. Diversity Rx: Networking Hot Links
  13. Evaluation of English and Spanish Health Information on the Internet
  14. Folk Medicine in Hispanics in the Southwestern United States
  15. Health Links in Spanish
  16. Hennepin County Community Health Department: Health Disparities News Update
  17. Improving Health Care Access for Minnesota's Growing Latino Community
  18. Lack of English Ability Creates Substantial Barrier to Hispanic Children's Access to Health Care
  19. Latino/a Health Issues
  20. List of technical and popular medical terms: Spanish(a)
  21. MedSpanish for the Emergency Department
  22. Minority Health Needs Assessment Data and Reports
  23. Minority Health Network
  24. Mi pediatra: Información Relacionada con la Salud de los Niños
  25. The National Academies: Unequal Treatment; Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
  26. The National Academies: Documenting the Disparities
  27. The National Academies: Confronting the Causes of 'Unequal Treatment'
  28. The National Academies: Reducing the Disparities in U.S. Health Care
  29. The National Academy Press: From Generation to Generation: the Health and Well-being of Children of Immigrant Families
  30. The National Academy Press: The Right Thing to Do, The Smart Thing to Do: Enhancing Diversity in Health Professions
  31. The National Alliance for Hispanic Health
  32. The National Council of La Raza: Health and Family Support
  33. National Council on Interpreting in Health Care: A Code of Ethics for Health Care Interpreters
  34. National Council on interpreting in Health Care: The Role of the Health Care Interpreter, An Evolving Dialogue
  35. National Council on Interpreting in Health Care: The Terminology of Health Care Interpreting, A Glossary of Terms
  36. National Health Law Program: Racial Cultural Issues
  37. National Latina Health Organization: Organización Nacional de la Salud de la Mujer Latina
  38. National Library of Medicine: Consumer Health Materials in Spanish
  39. National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region: Consumer Health Materials in Spanish
  40. NOAH: New York Online Access to Health Home Page
  41. Patient Education Materials: Recursos en español
  42. Prácticas Populares y Científicas. El 'empacho' en la Medicina Argentina (1850-1900)
  43. Program in Translation and Interpreting, University of Minnesota
  44. Spanish Health and Medical Links
  45. Gine Web: The Spanish Women's health resource/Salud y bienestar de la mujer
  46. Texas Medical Association: Internet Gateway to Health Respurces Links
  47. University of Texas: Medical Spanish elective
  48. U.S. Food and Drug Administration Easy-to-Read Publications: Spanish-Language Brochure
  49. Voices from the Community
  50. West Side Community Health Services
  51. WHO: Organización Mundial de la Salud

Community Resources:

  1. American Cancer Society -Informacisn de referencia sobre el cancer
  2. American Diabetes Association - La diabetes y los latinos (pdf file)
  3. American Lung Association of Minnesota
  4. American Red Cross: Minneapolis Areas -Health Speak
  5. Children's Hospitals and Clinics: Integrative Medicine -Hispanic Culture and Medical Tradition (Spanish Translation)
  6. Hennepin Community Health Department
  7. Hennepin County Community Health Department - Health Promotion Resource Directory
  8. Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
  9. Minnesota Public Health Association - MN Public Health Resources
  10. Ramsey County -Public Health
  11. SHAPE -Survey of the Health of Adults, the population and the Environment (Health Topics Web Site Links
  12. Twin Cities American Heart Association

Language Resources:

  1. BBC Mundo/Noticias
  2. CNN (Salud)
  3. College of Continuing Education
  4. El Cuerpo Virtual
  5. Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University of Minnesota
  6. Diccionario Médico -biológico-etimológico
  7. Gramática y ortografía
  8. La Jornada
  9. List of Technical and popular medical terms: Spanish(a)
  10. University of Texas: Medical Spanish elective
  11. Página 12 (Internet Explorer only)
  12. El País
  13. Program of Translation and Interpreting, University of Minnesota
  14. Resource Center of the Americas
  15. Spanish Health and Medical Links
  16. Spanish and Portuguese Media -live radio, television
  17. National Council on Interpreting in Health Care: The Terminology of Health Care Interpreting, A Glossary of Terms (pdf)