Creighton University

• Care Notes
  Traditional patient care and medication information written at a 6th to 8th grade level, and available in both English and Spanish versions.
• Detailed Drug Information for the Consumer (formerly USP DI® Advice for the Patient)
  Medication information for patients. English only.
• AAFP Conditions A to Z
  Patient Information handouts from the American Association of Family Physicians. In English and Spanish
• MedlinePlus
  MedlinePlus has extensive information from the NIH and other sources on over 650 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. The NIH also provides ToxNet, a collection of databases such as LactMed, a database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed.
• National Library of Medicine Health Information
  From the world's largest medical library, find links to reliable health information.
• MDConsult
  Includes over 10,000 printable Patient Education handouts in both English and Spanish versions.
• Lexi-Comp Online with AHFS
  This resource has customizable pediatric and adult patient education prescription drug leaflets in 18 different languages. Access patient handouts by searching for a drug and click on the AdultPALS or Pedi-PALS button.
• Go Local (MedlinePlus)
  State and local health information services, resources and contacts.
  • Go Local Nebraska 
  • Go Local Iowa
• eMedicine
  • alphabetical index of Patient Education topics
• Merck Manual of Medicial Information - Home Edition - 2nd ed. - consumer health information based on the Merck Manual
• The JAMA Patient Page
  American Medical Association's online collection of over 400 topical overviews. Many in English and Spanish.
• Visual DX
  VisualDxHealth is a consumer-focused Web site developed by Logical Images, Inc. that provides quality health information coupled with world-class medical images. All content is created, edited, and reviewed by physicians and qualified health care professionals.

Additional multicultural resources pages

• Consumer Health Information in Many Languages Resources
  A collaboration of the NN/LM Consumer Outreach Librarians.
  This site lists resources for both patients and healthcare practioners.
  Several of the links include background on cultural health beliefs and practices.
• New South Wales Multicultural Health Communication Service
  A rich resource with numerous health topics that provide health information in 50 languages.
• Guide to Culturally Competent Healthcare (eBook from StatRef)
  Each chapter of this little guide covers a particular ethnic or cultural group.
  Using an outline format this guide highlights culturally relevant interventions and is useful for all health-care providers committed to providing culturally sensitive care, regardless of their practice setting.
• Don't forget our Multicultural Health Resource page!

This searches some (but not all) of the resources above. It may take a few seconds for the search to bring up results.