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://www.worlded.org/us/health/lincs/learner.htm There are many good links to health Web sites here.
     
     
     
     

Updated 2/24/06
by David J. Rosen