| Phone | Web Page Address | |
| Mayor's Health Hotline Provides information for individuals who do not have health insurance |
617-534-5050 | |
| MA State Health Line | 800-847-0710 | |
| Air Quality Hotline Reports on daily air quality, May through September |
800-882-1497 | |
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Medline Plus health information |
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/easytoread/easytoread_a.html |
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Prostate Cancer Booklet in plain English |
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Eating Right for A Healthier Life |
http://www.altn.org/webquests/nutrition/index.html | |
| Healthy Roads Media : multimedia, sound and print | http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/eng.html TOPICS: Abuse, Asthma, Dental Health, Diabetes, Diseases and Conditions,Exercise, Health services, heart, Immunization, Nutrition, Tobacco, Women's health |
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| El Paso Collaborative Health Literacy Curriculum | ||
| LaRue Medical Literacy Exercises/Online Medical Literacy Learning Activities | Slide shows with sound in English, Arabic, Hmong and Somali.,
and printable lessons.Topics include: Prescription Labels, Over the
Counter Labels, Special warning Labels, and Side Effects. Nutrition, Diabetes and High Blood Pressure
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| Firstfind.info | http://firstfind.info This is a portal to plain English web sites, including ones on health. | |
| Health & Literacy Special Collection | http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/ There are many good links to health Web sites here. | |
| Learning About Diabetes | http://www.learningaboutdiabetes.org | |
| From Junk Food to Healthy Eating | http://www.photonovel.ca/photonovels/Healthy%20Eating.pdf This photo novel was made at the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria, BC in Canada by immigrant women who collaboratively chose the topic of nutrition as a main health concern. After a lesson from a public health nurse on eating well, they wrote this story and did all the acting and photography. | |
| Healthy Family Home |
http://www.ymca.net/healthyfamilyhome/about-us.htmll Developed by the YMCA of the U.S.A., the goal of the web site is "to provide you with enough variety in all areas of Healthy Family Home—Play Every Day, Eat Healthy, Family Time—that you can pick and choose the tips and activities that make the most sense for your family" |
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Updated 09/24/08 |
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