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Annotation: This fact sheet for consumers provides information about human papillomavirus (HPV). It explains what HPV is, whether oral health and HPV are linked, and how to prevent oral HPV. HPV warning signs are provided, and treatment is discussed. The fact sheet also includes questions about HPV to ask a primary care health professional. The fact sheet is available in English and in Spanish.

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• Spanish

Keywords: Consumer education materials, Disease prevention, Human papillomavirus, Oral cancer, Oral health, Patient care management, Primary care, Risk factors, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This brochure for consumers explains health insurance terms. Topics include costs such as premiums, deductibles, copayments, co-insurance, and out-of-pocket limits; rules about how to get health care; and tips for choosing a health insurance plan. The brochure is available in English and Spanish.

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• Spanish

Keywords: Consumer education materials, Costs, Health care reform, Health insurance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This toolkit is designed to help families raise awareness about the Well-Visit Planner™, a tool to help parents of children ages four months to 6 years learn about and plan for their child's next preventive care visit. Contents include handouts in English and Spanish, sample articles, videos, presentations, social media content, and web buttons. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Families, Mass media, Patient care planning, Pediatric care, Preventive health services, Spanish language materials, Special health care needs, Young children

Annotation: This brief is designed to help families find resources about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and learn more about the ACA and how it will affect them. The brief includes resources to help families learn more about their health coverage options under the ACA and find health insurance and health care. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Directories, Families, Health care reform, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Annotation: This guide for families uses frequently asked questions to explain the children’s dental benefit (a provision of the Affordable Care Act) and how it works. Topics include guidance on buying coverage through a state marketplace, eligibility, covered services, the difference between dental coverage sold separately vs. as part of a medical plan, premiums, deductibles, copayments, co-insurance, out-of-pocket limits, and consumer protections. Information on financial assistance, coverage requirements, and buying coverage for adults is also included.

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Keywords: Children, Consumer education materials, Consumer protection, Costs, Dental insurance, Eligibility determination, Families, Financing, Health care reform, Oral health, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, State programs

Annotation: This document provides guidance for nurses and parents preparing for an infant's discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit. Contents include information and references for nurses and modifiable documents that can be printed and handed to parents following discussion about their infant's condition. The parent-focused content is available in English and Spanish. Topics include common issues and diagnoses that parents may encounter while their infant is in the NICU, questions to ask their infant's health professional, and after-discharge tips.

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Keywords: Spanish language materials, Infants, Neonatal intensive care units, Nursing, Parent education, Patient discharge

Annotation: This series of fact sheets help clinicians, patient advocates, and other stakeholders improve care for individuals with low health literacy. The fact sheets define health literacy; describe ways to identify low health literacy; provide strategies to improve print and oral communication for low-literate consumers; provide information about the intersection of health literacy and culture; and highlight key policies relating to health literacy.

• 6 Fact Sheets In 1 File
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Keywords: Consumer educatio, Cultural factors, Health behavior, Health literacy, Health services delivery, Literacy education, Low literacy, Patient education materials, Resources for professionals

Annotation: These resources feature pictures and speakers’ notes to help pediatricians counsel clients about oral health and fluoride varnish. The resources include a flip chart and a reference guide in English and Spanish, as well as a presentation. Topics include primary teeth, early childhood caries, feeding, nonnutritive sucking, fluoride modalities, toothbrushing, and flossing. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child health, Dental hygiene, Early childhood caries, Educational materials, Fluorides, Oral health, Parent education, Patient education, Resources for professionals, Spanish language materials, Young children

Annotation: This book provides a framework for implementing a plain language approach to communication between health care staff and patients in the office. Part one explores limited health literacy, including the scope of the problem, how it affects children in particular, and how health care providers can address and overcome health literacy issues with patients and their caregivers. Part two of the book provides a series of 25 reproducible patient education handouts in both English and Spanish. Sample topics of handouts include asthma, bronchiolitis, fever, influenza, oral health, smoking, and temper tantrums. Provided with the handouts are techniques and professional guidance for health care providers to incorporate plain language about each topic into their daily practice.

Keywords: Communication skills, Health literacy, Language barriers, Literacy education, Patient care management, Physician patient relations, Resources for professionals, Spanish language materials

Annotation: These program materials are designed for use in providing on-site training to health professionals in promoting maternal oral health and preventing early childhood caries. Topics include conducting oral health risk assessments to identify individuals in need of preventive or restorative oral health services, making referrals, educating pregnant adolescents on the importance of good oral health, linking maternal oral health to birth outcomes, and applying fluoride varnish, if indicated. Contents include a letter to health professionals; background information on early-childhood-caries prevention in health systems; outcome objectives; presentation slides; risk assessment, anticipatory guidance, and fluoride varnish manuals; sample oral-health-education materials; a list of resources; and selected articles. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Disease prevention, Early childhood caries, Fluorides, Health promotion, Infants, Maternal health, Oral health, Patient education materials, Pregnant adolescents, Resources for professionals, Training materials, Wisconsin

Annotation: This fact sheet answers questions about how x-ray procedures may affect a woman's pregnancy and the developing child. It explains how the lead drape can be used to protect the baby from radiation during the procedure and offers possible alternatives to x-rays.

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Keywords: Fetus, Injury prevention, Patient education materials, Pregnancy, Pregnant women

Annotation: This manual provides health care professionals with information, work sheets, and forms needed to develop and evaluate resources for patient and family education. It includes ways to make print material easier to read, a list of simple words for medical jargon and information on using readability formulas and using written materials effectively in patient teaching.

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Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Families, Low literacy materials, Patient education materials, Writing

Annotation: This Web site provides information in a variety of Asian languages to increase electronic access to health information for consumers and health care providers of the South Cove Community Health Center and its affiliates by developing a web site to meet the information needs of the South Cove community; (2) provide consumer information in the languages of the community served, specifically Chinese, Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Laotian; and (3) teach health care providers to use the wide variety of Internet resources available to them and their patients including National Library of Medicine and Tufts University resources. Additional languages include Hmong, Korean, and Thai. Information for over 30 different health topics is provided.

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Keywords: Asian Americans, Asian language materials, Asians, Consumer education materials, Health promotion, Non English language materials, Patient education materials, Resource materials

Annotation: This bilingual guide, which is available in English and Spanish, is intended to inform caregivers and families about how to seek help for children with mental health problems. Information is provided on what caregivers and families need to know, ask, expect, and do to get the most out of their experiences with systems of care. The guide discusses finding services, preparing for the first visit, partnering with service providers, and rights and responsibilites. A glossary is included, as well as a list of resources for more information. The end of the guide provides space for notes.

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• Spanish

Keywords: Access to health care, Child health, Consumer education materials, Families, Health services, Mental disorders, Mental health, Patient rights, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This guide provides general guidelines for pregnant women with gestational diabetes for keeping healthy during pregnancy and for promoting the best outcome for the baby. It describes gestational diabetes, its causes and its features, includes a general treatment plan to help control the condition in making informed decisions about care with their health care providers, dietitians, and family members. Appendices provide information on high-fiber foods, a sample menu, and sample record sheets for monitoring glucose, food, and physical activity.

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Keywords: Blood glucose self monitoring, Gestational diabetes, Nutrition, Patient education materials, Physical activity, Pregnancy complications, Pregnant women, Prenatal care

Annotation: This book, a health guide for Latinas, addresses issue such as tradition vs. convention, fertility, sexuality, pregnancy, alcoholism, cancer, depression, diabetes, healthy eating, and body image. It is divided into four sections focusing on (1) being a Latina; (2) being female; (3) diseases; and (4) living well. Each chapter concludes a summary and resources section of organizations and publications, Appendices include Latinas who influenced this book; samples of a health journal, visit summary, and chart of basal body temperature; resources on advocacy; and a listing of national health information clearinghouses. An index is provided. The book is published in English and Spanish.

Keywords: Cancer, Consumer education materials, Cultural beliefs, Hispanic Americans, Mental health, Patient rights, Reproductive health, Self esteem, Sexuality, Spanish language materials, Women's health promotion

Annotation: This publication discusses the interaction of the genotype with socioeconomic, environmental, and psychological factors in the fetal and postnatal environment that contribute to an individual's health or susceptibility to disease. Report contents include the strategic planning process, goals and objectives, scope of the plan, scientific context and opportunities, research priorities, infrastructure priorities, and priority methodology and policy issues. The appendix includes the roster of advisors.

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Keywords: Congenital abnormalities, Environmental health, Genetics, Hereditary diseases, Morbidity, Mortality, Patient education materials, Psychological needs, Socioeconomic factors

Annotation: This book is written for adolescents to help them understand depression. The author discusses the causes and signs of depression, adolescent depression, and suicide as well as suggestions for living with a depressive person and information on getting treatment. A glossary and list of suggested readings are included.

Keywords: Adolescents, Depression, Low literacy materials, Mental health, Patient education materials

Annotation: This set of 15 modules provides information to help oral health professionals care for individuals with developmental disabilities, mental retardation (MR), and mental illness. Each module contains a brief review of the purpose and learning objectives, an introduction, and references. Topics include reviews of MR and other conditions such as Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, maladaptive behaviors, genetic syndromes, and mental illness; the use of dental sedation, immobilization and positioning devices, and general anesthesia; clinical concerns in dental care; treatment planning for the severely disabled and the impact on prosthetic, restorative, and surgical services; the provision of services to disabled individuals residing in the community; administrative issues in the practice of dentistry in the MR or mental health (MH) institutional setting; and a review of research needs and opportunities in MH/MR facilities.

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Keywords: Cerebral palsy, Dentistry, Developmental disabilities, Distance education, Down syndrome, Mental retardation, Oral health, Oral health care, Patient care management, Resources for professionals, Special health care needs, Training materials

Annotation: This manual is intended for use by health care practitioners working with patients with limited English literacy skills, or adult literacy practitioners, particularly English as a Second Language teachers who wish to incorporate health topics into their curricula. This document is an addendum to Health and Literacy Compendium: An Annotated Bibliography of Print and Web-based Health Materials for Use with Limited Literacy Adults. The language index contains a list of health materials available in the following languages: Arabic, Bosnian, Cambodian/Khmer, Cantonese, Chinese, Farsi/Persian, French, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Hmong, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Mandarin, Mien, Nuer, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Samoan, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Tongan, Vietnamese.

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Keywords: Asian language materials, Bibliographies, Limited English speakers, Literacy education, Low literacy materials, Non English language materials, Patient education, Spanish language materials