Translation & Interpretation
- Des Moines Area Healthcare Interpretation GuideCreated by the Refugee Health Alliance (2016)
- Bridging the Lanuguage Divide: A Pocket Guide to Working Effectively with Interpreters in HealthCare SettingsPublished by the Iowa Center for Immigrant Leadership and Integration
- MedlinePlus: Health Information in Multiple LanguagesBrowse by languate or by health topic. Information and guides selected by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- Health Information TranslationsSupported by Ohio State University, Health Information Translations provides education resources in multiple languages for health care professionals and others to use in their communities. Resources are easy to read and culturally appropriate.
- National Council on Interpreting in Health CareThe National Council on Interpreting in Health Care is a multidisciplinary organization whose mission is to promote and enhance language access in health care in the United States.
- SPIRAL (Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages. )SPIRAL is a web resource that connects people to authoritative health information in Asian languages that is freely available on the World Wide Web. SPIRAL is maintained by the Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library and funded by a grant from the New England Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine under contract N01-LM-6-3508.
Medical Terminology Course: Terminología Médica
Des Moines University Offers a *free* online Medlical Terminology course in both English and Spanish Languages.
Consumer Health Information in Spanish
- MedlinePlus en españolMedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.