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U-Write Patient Education Handouts  - http://www.u-write.com/  Provides links to the major cardiology, orthopedic, and pulmonary patient education providers. It also shows practices how to create their own custom patient education handouts, on a budget.  American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons  - http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/all.cfm  Fact sheets and patient brochures on orthopaedics, safety, and injury prevention.  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  - http://www.cdc.gov/default.htm  Offers an extensive collection of online brochures in environmental health, chronic disease prevention, infectious diseases, injury prevention, occupational safety, and diseases.  HRSA Information Center  - http://www.ask.hrsa.gov  Individuals can order publications and resource materials from all divisions of the Federal Health Resources and Services Administration. In addition, people can search for contact information about other organizations providing health care and information services for the medically underserved and people with special health care needs.  Federal Consumer Information Center Health  - http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/health.htm  Federal health publications from FCIC in Pueblo, CO.  Appropriate Utilization of Antibiotics  - http://www.hhco.org/brochure.pdf  Brochure developed by the Heartland Health Education Center in it community-wide health education campaign entitled "Refuse To Misuse". Requires Adobe Acrobat reader.  Multi-cultural Educational Services  - http://www.mcedservices.com/  These multi-lingual booklets were developed to provide information to newcomers in Minnesota. Multi-Cultural Educational Services created these materials in collaboration with Anoka County Community Health and Environmental Services. They were originally funded by Allina Health Systems, UCare Minnesota and Minnesota Department of Children Families and Learning.  United States Pharmacopeial Convention  - http://www.usp.org  Includes "Just Ask," six online brochures containing patient FAQs on medications, evaluation tools for professionals to assess education and counseling, and drug information.  American Physical Therapy Association Public Information  - https://www.apta.org/Consumer  Information on physical therapy topics, includes brochures on safety in daily living and diseases and disorders.  Don't Get Caught Dirty Handed  - http://www.washup.org  Brochure and poster on hand washing, from the American Society for Microbiology's "Clean Hands Campaign."  Leukemia and Lymphoma Society  - http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_mat_req_index.adp?b_type=1&item_id=11163  Educational brochures and pamphlets available to the public at no cost. Can be read online.  Oral-B Patient Handouts  - http://www.oralb.com/dentalpros/resources/patient_ed_handouts.asp  Color brochures on oral hygiene in pdf format.  American Academy of Family Physicians' Patient Education Documents  - http://www.familydoctor.org/  Links to the full text of the American Academy of Family Physicians' patient education handouts, which are also included in their journal, American Family Physician.  National Institutes of Health Consumer Health Information  - http://www.nih.gov/health/consumer/index.htm  Includes full-text collections of most frequently requested publications.  Food and Drug Administration Easy-to-Read Publications  - http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/7lowlit.html  Health and safety brochures in English and Spanish.  Virtual Hospital  - http://www.vh.org  The Virtual Hospital is a digital health sciences library at the University of Iowa, containing over 350 peer-reviewed books and brochures accessible through the Iowa Health Book.  Medical Condition Monographs  - http://rxinsider.com/monographs/monograph.htm  Patient consultation medical condition monographs, acne to yeast infections, from RxInsider.  The Little Surgery  - http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ruth.livingstone/little/info.htm  A list of patient information leaflets.  Washington State Medical Association: Patient Brochures  - http://www.wsma.org/patients/brochures.html  Patient brochures on a variety of health and social topics available online or free by mail to organizations and Washington state hospitals or clinics.  American Academy of Pediatrics - You and Your Family  - http://www.aap.org/topics.html  Information on child health, safety, and advocacy for babies, children, teens, and adolescents.  Huntsman Cancer Institute Online Educational Brochures  - http://www.huntsmancancer.org/cancerInformation/onlineBrochures.jsp  Brochures in pdf format on cancer topics from the University of Utah.  Medicare Publications  - http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Search/SearchCriteria.asp?version=alternate&browser=Netscape%7C5%2E0%7CLinux&Language=English&pagelist=Home&comingFrom=13  Information on benefits, patients' rights and obligations. Some documents available in French and Spanish.