Essential Health Links: Patient-Education/Infectious
Diseases
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AIDSinfo: Health TopicsAIDSMap
MEDEM: Infectious Diseases
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STDs and TB Prevention (U.S.)
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AIDSInfo:
Health Topics (Spanish)
This resource is part of a Department of Health & Human
Services (U.S) web site providing comprehensive information
about HIV and AIDS. This page provides links to information
for caregivers, printed reference materials, and other topics
such as co-infections, vaccines, special populations, women's
issues, and staying healthy with HIV. Reference materials
include a searchable Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms in
English and Spanish. http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/HealthTopics/
AIDSMap (Focus on Low-Income
Countries)
This site is maintained by UK's NAM, a community-based
organization that delivers HIV information to HIV-positive
people across the world and to those who treat and care for
them. The site offers a searchable database, AIDS
Organizations Worldwide, of 3,300 HIV organizations in 175
countries in the world. http://www.aidsmap.com/cms1038779.asp
MEDEM: Infectious
Diseases
MEDEM was founded by the American Medical Association and
several U.S. medical specialty societies. Their online
medical library represents a full range of patient education
information from the societies \and other trusted sources. It
provides patients with reliable health care information from
introductory to advanced texts. The Infectious Disease
section features information on 19 topics such as
antibiotics, vaccinations, food-borne and water-borne
illnesses, sexually transmitted infections, blood supply
issues and medical news, among others.http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infectiousdiseases.html
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral
Hepatitis, STDs and TB Prevention (U.S.) (Tagalog,
Spanish)
This extensive resource provides culturally appropriate
patient education materials in English (low literacy),
Spanish, and Tagalog languages. that include the English
translations on the flip side of the publication. The content
is targeted to U.S. citizens. http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/
The Patient Education pages of Essential Health Links are advised by Christie Silbajoris, MSLS, AHIP, Director, NC Health Info, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (U.S.) and Karen Crowell, MLIS, Clinical Specialist, Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (U.S).
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Updated: 3 November 2008