The mission of Breast Cancer Network of Strength is to ensure, through information, empowerment and peer support, that no one faces breast cancer alone. Support programs, outreach programs, breast health workshops, wigs and prostheses banks for women with limited resources. 1-800-221-2141 (interpreters in 150 languages). (Formerly known as Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization)
Comprehensive website about lead in candy. Information in English and Spanish for providers and patients.
The US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants has recently posted 10 NEW health brochures on their website. All the brochures are available for download free of charge. The topics covered in this new batch of brochures are as follows: Violence in the Home, Health Insurance and Medicaid, Living with Disabilities in the US, Personal and Home Hygiene, Dental Care and Hygiene, Healthy Pregnancy, Keeping Your Baby Healthy, Watching Your Child Grow, Common Respiratory Infections (Bronchitis, Influenza, and Pneumonia) and Asthma. These brochures are a great tool to help fill in communication gaps between the service provider and the client. All brochures are written at a 5th grade reading level and are culturally appropriate. This batch of brochures are available in Arabic, Vietnamese, English, Burmese, Karen, Swahili, French, Somali, Spanish, Hmong, Farsi, Kirundi, Bosnian and Russian.
For the first time, all Office on Women’s Health (OWH) consumer fact sheets are available in Spanish. OWH recently released 42 new Spanish-language publications on a range of topics including depression, generic drugs, heart disease, cosmetics, arthritis, mammography, HIV, and food safety. These easy-to-read fact sheets complement OWH's other Spanish language materials on diabetes, menopause, and safe medication use. OWH invites organizations and consumers to distribute these free publications to women and their families.
To order in bulk, visit: http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/rc/owhspanish.htm
The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention is a community based Center for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer through new models of patient care, research, education and outreach designed to address the unique needs of the community. The Center, made possible by a generous gift from the Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, is a partnership between Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and North General Hospital. Located in East Harlem, New York, its patient’s rights include making cancer screening and treatment available to all. The center also offers a Patient Navigation System for helping people overcome all obstacles on the path to receiving cancer screening, treatment and supportive care. We assign everyone who walks through our doors a patient navigator—their personal guide, advocate and problem-solver.
The Breast and Cervical Cancer Services program (BCCS) offers clinical breast examinations, mammograms, pelvic examinations, and Pap tests throughout Texas at no or low-cost to eligible women. BCCS is partly funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP). Congress established the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program in 1991 by enacting the Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-354). NBCCEDP was reauthorized in April 2007.
To help ease the burden of displacement in the face of disaster/emergency, new information for pregnant women and mothers of young children has been uploaded to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) web site. Because you are recognized as an important champion in the community and can provide a channel for vital emergency information.
- healthywom.pdf (110.41 KB)
- HIVvaccinations.pdf (63.39 KB)
- MedicarePartDTiPs.pdf (44.92 KB)
- AsthmaManagementPlan.pdf (31.33 KB)
- WellChildCheckUp2wk_5yr.pdf (257.88 KB)
- AfterTheShotEnglish.pdf (6.72 MB)
- DespesdelasVacunas.pdf (6.83 MB)
The Pepin Comic Book series covers seven immunization topics: Td, Chickenpox, MMR, DTaP, Hep A, Hep B, and After the Shot. These low literate, popular education materials are available in English and Spanish to help clinicians educate parents about the importance of getting their children vaccinated.
- TdSpanish20Pgs.pdf (6.79 MB)
- TdEnglish20Pgs.pdf (6.59 MB)
The Pepin Comic Book series covers seven immunization topics: Td, Chickenpox, MMR, DTaP, Hep A, Hep B, and After the Shot. These low literate, popular education materials are available in English and Spanish to help clinicians educate parents about the importance of getting their children vaccinated.
- HepASpanish24Pgs.pdf (8.18 MB)
- HepAEnglish24Pgs.pdf (8.01 MB)
- CDC_Hep_DoctorFlyer_Final_noCrops.pdf (1.07 MB)
- HepatitisClinicNewsletterArticle.doc (58.5 KB)
Educational comic book about the sources of indoor pollution and ways to minimize exposure. Offers safe alternatives to clean homes. English and Spanish.
- BreathingEasyComicEng.pdf (2.36 MB)
- UnaCasaLibreDeProblemasRespiratorias.pdf (2.85 MB)
This 2008 MCN/FJ Monograph compiles research on pesticides, pregnancy and reproductive health. English and Spanish.
- repproductive_eng_span_final.pdf (2.43 MB)
- ISTC_Charter_FINAL.pdf (989.41 KB)
- Pesticide_usage_by_crop.doc (26.5 KB)
One page handout (English and Spanish) to inform pregnant women about lead.
- PlomoHandout.doc (41 KB)
- SusannaLeadHandout.doc (33 KB)
- nm0307-276.pdf (174.92 KB)
- AcipHPV032007.pdf (493.76 KB)
This reports outlines the findings of a survey designed to document the health problems of African-American, Hispanic, and Haitian former Lake Apopka farmworkers, many of whom are experiencing significant and life-threatening health problems which they believe to be connected to their exposure to multiple sources of environmental contamination.
- LakeApopkaReport.pdf (340.76 KB)