Health Education
Learning about your health is the first step to staying healthy and feeling good every day. The more you know, the better you can manage and maintain your health whether you are feeling great or are unwell.
Below are easy-to-read handouts about many different health and wellness topics. Feel free to share these handouts with your healthcare team, family members, and other important people in your life.
- Adolescents – Taking Care of Yourself: Health Tips for Teens
- Allergies – What are Allergies?
- Antibiotics – What are Antibiotics
- Asthma -What is Asthma?
- Taking Care of Your Child’s Asthma
- Back Pain – What is Back Pain?
- Back Pain – Self-Care for Low Back & Spine
- Cancer – Top Tips for Cancer Prevention
- Childhood Immunizations
- Cholesterol – What is Cholesterol?
- Cold & Flu – What is a Cold? What is a Flu?
- Dental Health
- Diabetes – What is Diabetes?
- Diabetes – Managing Your Diabetes
- Eye Health
- Hepatitis A, B, and C
- Home – What is a Healthy Home?
- Hypertension – High Blood Pressure
- Home Safety for Children & Babies
- Immunizations – Immunizations and Vaccines
- Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Healthcare
- Men’s Health
- Mental Health
- Nutrition- Healthier Eating
- Parenting
- Pertussis (a.k.a Whooping Cough)
- Physical Activity – Exercise for Your Health
- Prenatal Care
- Post-Partum Health Tips
- Relationships
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Sleep – Sleep Better
- Smoking
- Stress Reduction
- Stroke
- Substance Use, Abuse & Addiction
- Weight Management
- Women’s Health
For additional Health Education information, please refer to the links below:
- National Institutes of Health
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- National Health Information Center, US Dept. of Health and Human Services
- EthnoMed, from Harborview Medical Center in Seattle
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
- MedlinePlus, National Institutes of Health
- American Diabetes Association
- American Heart Association
- Mayo Clinic
- WebMD