Public Health Services Materials/Resources, Including Those in Multiple Languages

The Public Health Services (PHS) Division, in the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), provides health services and information in multiple languages, both online and at County Public Health Centers. This section of the PHS website is a listing of written materials, most of which were developed by the County of San Diego, State of California, or Federal agencies.

To make information available in the languages of the clients that the County serves, PHS is increasing the availability of materials in different languages beyond English, especially the five most spoken languages in San Diego County. These languages include Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Chinese, and Arabic. Please go to the Community Health Statistics Unit webpage for additional information, including reports, regional data, maps, and health equity data.

Public Health Services (PHS)

PHS Programs and Services (County)

Alzheimer’s Disease

• Alzheimer’s Disease (CDC) (Website)
• Alzheimer’s Disease—Promoting Health and Independence for an Aging Population (CDC)

Bioterrorism

• Anthrax Vaccine—What You Need to Know (CDC)
  • La Vacuna Contra el Ántrax—Lo que Usted Necesita Saber (CDC) (Spanish)

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

Candy

• California Food and Drug Branch Listing of Recalled Candies (County)

Environment

• Protect Your Child from Lead in Dirt (State of California)
  • Proteja a su Hijo del Plomo en la Tierra (State of California) (Spanish)

Nutrition

• Well Fed=Less Lead (Nutrition) (State of California)
  • Buena Alimentación = Menos Plomo (State of California) (Spanish)

Pottery

• Do You Cook with Traditional Pottery? It May Contain Lead! ¿Está Cocinando Con Vajillas de Barro?¡Estas Pueden Contener Plomo! (State of California) (English/Spanish)

Traditional Folk Remedies/Home

• Lead in Folk Remedies/El Plomo en Remedios Tradicionales (Alameda County) (English/Spanish)
• Lead in Home and Traditional Remedies by Country of Origin (County)

Work-Related

• Don’t Take Lead Home From Your Job! (State of California)
  • No Lleve el Plomo a su Casa! (State of California) (Spanish)

Chronic Disease Prevention

Asthma

• Asthma (County)
• Learn How to Control Asthma (CDC website)
  • Información Básica—Asma (CDC website) (Spanish)

Cancer

• Cancer (County)
• Cancer Prevention and Control (CDC website)
  • Prevención y Control del Cáncer (CDC website) (Spanish)

COPD

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (County)
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (CDC website)
  • Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica (EPOC) (CDC website) (Spanish)

Diabetes

• Diabetes (County)
• General Information on Diabetes (CDC)
  • Diabetes en Español (CDC website) (Spanish)
• Infant Mortality (County)
• Infant Mortality (CDC website)

Heart Disease

• Coronary Heart Disease (County)
• Heart Disease (CDC website)
  
  • Hoja Informativa Sobre Enfermedades Cardiacas (CDC website) (Spanish)

Obesity

• Childhood Obesity (County)
• Childhood Overweight and Obesity (CDC website)
• Obesity (County)
• Overweight and Obesity (CDC website)

Stroke

• Stroke (County)
• Stroke (CDC website)
  • Hoja informativa sobre los accidentes cerebrovasculares (CDC website) (Spanish)

Unintentional Injury

• Unintentional Injury (County)
• Injury Prevention and Control (CDC website)

Community Empowerment

Resident Leadership Academy (County)

Disaster Preparedness

Earthquake

• Staying Safe Where the Earth Shakes—San Diego County Edition (State of California)
  • Manteniéndose Seguro Donde La Tierra Sacude (State Of California) (Spanish)

Emergency Planning

• Disaster Preparedness Information (County website)
• Family Disaster Plan and Personal Survival Guide (County)
  • Plan Familiar de Desastres y Guía de Supervivencia Personal (County) (Spanish)
  • Kế Hoạch Phòng Chống Thảm Họa Cho Gia Đình và Hướng Dẫn Tồn Tại Cho Cá Nhân (County) (Vietnamese)
  • Plano sa Sakuna ng Pamilya at Personal na Gabay para Manatiling Buhay (County) (Tagalog)
  •  家庭灾难计划和个人生存指南 (County) (Chinese)

Fire

• Ready, Set, Go!—Your Personal Wildland Fire Action Guide (County)
  • En sus Marcas…Listos…¡Fuera!—Su Guía Personal para Combatir Incendios Forestales (State of California) (Spanish)

Water

• Purifying Water (County)

Infectious Diseases and Conditions

Amebiasis

• Amebiasis (County)

Campylobacter

• Campylobacter (County)

Childhood Infectious Diseases

• Childhood Infectious Diseases (County)
• E. Coli/Food Safety (County)

Ebola

• Ebola - 10 Things You Should Know (County)
• Fact Sheet: Ebola (County)
• Ebola Q and A (County)
  • Preguntas y Respuestas sobre el Ébola: ¿Qué es y Qué se está Haciendo en el Condado de San Diego? (County) (Spanish)
  • Hỏi & Đáp về Ebola: Bệnh này là bệnh gì và Chúng ta Phải Làm Gì trong Quận San Diego? (County) (Vietnamese)
  • Ebola Q & A: Ano ito at Ano ang Ginagawa sa County ng San Diego (County) (Tagalog)
  • 埃博拉常见问题：什么是埃博拉？ 圣地亚哥县正在采取什么应对措施 (County) (Chinese)
  • ما ھو داء الإيبولا وما ھي الإجراءات المتخذة في مقاطعة سان ديغو؟ أسئلة وأجوبة عن داء الإيبولا: (Arabic)
  • 에볼라 Q & A: 에볼라는 어떤 질병이며 샌디에이고 카운티에서는 어떻게 대처하고 있습니까? (County) (Korean)
  • Ebola S & J: Muxuu Yahay oo Laga Qabanayaa Gudaha Degmada San Diego? (County) (Somali)
  • Ebola Q and A (County) (Karen)        

Giaridia

• Giardia (County)

Head Lice

• Head Lice (County)
  • Parásitos - Piojos de la Cabeza (CDC website) (Spanish)

Hepatitis A, B, and C

• Hepatitis A Frequently Asked Questions (County)
• Hepatitis A Virus Fact Sheet (County) (English/Spanish)
  • NHI M VI RÚT VIÊM GAN A (County) (Vietnamese)
  • PAGKAHAWA SA HEPATITIS A VIRUS (County) (Tagalog)
  • A 型肝炎病毒感染 (County) (Chinese)
  • الإصابة بفیروس التھاب الكبد أ (County) (Arabic)
• Do You Have Hepatitis B, C or Other Liver Diseases? Then You Need a Hepatitis A Vaccine (County)
• Acute Hepatitis A Diagnosis (County)
• Hepatitis A Poster #1-vertical (County)
  • Cartel de Hepatitis A (County) (Spanish)
• Hepatitis A Poster #2-vertical (County)
  • Cartel de Hepatitis A (County) (Spanish)
• Hepatitis A Poster #3-vertical Handwashing (County)
  • Cartel de Hepatitis A (County) (Spanish)
• Hepatitis A Fact Sheet (CDC)
  • Vacuna Contra la Hepatitis A—Lo que Necesita Saber (CDC) (Spanish)
  • Vắc-xin Viêm gan A Những Điều Cần Biết (CDC) (Vietnamese)
  • Bakuna para sa Hepatitis A  Ano ang Dapat Mong Malaman (CDC) (Tagalog)
  • A 型肝炎疫苗接种须知 (CDC) (Chinese)
  • اللقاح المضاد لالتهاب الكبد الوبائي أ ما تحتاج إلى معرفته (CDC) (Arabic)
  • A형 간염 백신유념해야 할 사항들 (CDC) (Korean)
  • Tallaalka Cagaarshowga A Waxaad u Baahan Tahay Inaad Ogaato (CDC) (Somali)
  • Hepatitis A Fact Sheet (CDC) (Karen)
• Hepatitis B (County)
  • Vacuna Contra la Hepatitis B—Lo que Necesita Saber (CDC) (Spanish)
  • Vắc-xin Viêm gan B—Những Điều Cần Biết (CDC) (Vietnamese)
  • Bakuna para sa Hepatitis B—Ano ang Kailangan Mong Malaman (CDC) (Tagalog)
  • B 型肝炎疫苗接种须知 (CDC) (Chinese)
  • اللقاح المضاد لالتهاب الكبد الوبائي ب  ما تحتاج إلى معرفته (CDC) (Arabic)
  • B형 간염 백신유념해야할 사항들1B형 (CDC) (Korean)
  • Tallaalka Cagaarshoga B Waxaad u Baahan Tahay Inaad Ogaato (CDC) (Somali)
  • Hepatitis B Vaccine Fact Sheet (CDC) (Karen)                                  
• Hepatitis C (County)
• Hepatitis C (CDC)
  • Hepatitis C Información General (CDC) (Spanish)
• Viral Hepatitis—Information for Gay and Bisexual Men (CDC)

HIV – see Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) section

Influenza

• Influenza (County website)
• About Influenza (Flu) (CDC website)
• La Influenza y Usted (CDC) (Spanish)
• No Tiene Más Excusas: Necesita la Vacuna Contra la Influenza (CDC) (Spanish)
• Vacunas e Inmunización (CDC website) (Spanish)

Kawasaki

• Kawasaki Disease (County)

Meningococcal Disease/Viral Meningitis

• Meningococcal Disease (County)
  • Vacunas Antimeningocócicas ACWY—MenACWY y MPSV4: Lo que Necesita Saber (CDC) (Spanish)
  • Vắc-xin Viêm màng não mô cầu nhóm huyết thanh ACWY—MenACWY và MPSV4: Những Điều Cần Biết (CDC) (Vietnamese)
  • Mga Meningococcal ACWY Vaccine—MenACWY at MPSV4: Ang Dapat Mong Malaman (CDC) (Tagalog)
  • 脑膜炎球菌 ACWY 疫苗 — MenACWY 和 MPSV4：接种须知 (CDC) (Chinese)
  • لقاحات المكورات السحائية MenACWY — ACWY و :MPSV ما تحتاج إلى معرفته (CDC) (Arabic)
  • Tallaallada Meningococcal ACWY—MenACWY iyo MPSV4: Waxaad u Baahan Tahay Inaad Ogaato (CDC) (Somali)
  • 수막구균성 ACWY 백신 — MenACWY 및 MPSV4: 꼭 알아야 할 사항 (CDC) (Korean)
  • Meningococcal Vaccine Fact Sheet (CDC) (Karen)
• Viral Meningitis (County)
• Viral Meningitis (CDC website)
  • Meningitis Viral (CDC website) (Spanish)

MRSA

• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (County website)

Norovirus

• Norovirus (County)

Rabies

• Rabies (State of California)
  • Vacuna Contra la Rabia—Lo que Usted Necesita Saber (CDC) (Spanish)
  • Vắc-xin phòng Bệnh dại Những điều bạn cần biết (CDC) (Vietnamese)
  • Bakuna para sa Rabis Ano Ang Kailangan Mong Malaman (CDC) (Tagalog)           
  • 狂犬病疫苗 須知 (CDC) (Chinese)
  • 광견병 백신 꼭 알아야 할 사항 (CDC) (Korean)             

Salmonella

• Salmonella (County)
• Salmonella Questions and Answers (CDC website)

Scabies

• Scabies (County)
• Scabies Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (CDC website)

Shigella

• Shigella (County) (English/Spanish)

Yersinia

• Yersinia (County)

Food Safety/Food Assistance

Cheese

• Protect the Health of Your Family—Eat Safe Cheese! (County and Federal Health and Human Services Agency)
  • Proteja la Salud de su Familia ¡Coma Queso Seguro! (County and Federal Health and Human Services Agency) (Spanish)
• The Cheese is Good…When the Cheese is Safe (State of California)
  • El Queso es Bueno…Cuando el Queso es Sano (State of California) (Spanish)

Eating Out

• Dining Out? Safe Food is Everybody’s Responsibility (County)

Eggs

• Safe Handling of Eggs (County)

Food Assistance

• Food Assistance Directory (County)

Food Safety and Community Gardens

• School and Community Gardens (County)
• Food Safety at Community Gardens (County)
• Healthy Gardens, Safe Food (County)

Food Safety and Power Outages

• Food Safety Related to Power Outages (County)

Raw Produce and Juices

• Safe Handling of Raw Produce and Fresh-Squeezed Fruit and Vegetable Juices (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

Handwashing

• Stop Germs! Wash Your Hands (CDC)
  • ¡Detenga los Microbios! ¡Manténgase Sano! Lávese las Manos (CDC) (Spanish)
• When and How to Wash Your Hands (CDC website)

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

HIV General Information

• Introduction to HIV/AIDS (County)
• HIV 101 (CDC)
  • VIH/SIDA (CDC website) (Spanish)

HIV and STDs

• STDs and HIV Fact Sheet (CDC)
  • Las ETS y el VIH; hoja informativa de los CDC (CDC) (Spanish)

HIV Testing

• HIV Testing 101 (CDC)
  • Hágase la Prueba—VIH (CDC website) (Spanish)

Living With HIV

• Living With HIV 101 (CDC)

Taking Medicine After You May Have Been Exposed to HIV (PEP)

• PEP 101 (HIV) (CDC)
  • PEP (CDC) (Spanish)

Taking Medicine Daily to Reduce Chances of Getting HIV (PrEP)

• PrEP 101 (HIV Prevention) (CDC) (English/Spanish)
• Vivir con el VIH (CDC website) (Spanish)

Immunizations

• Immunization Clinic Schedule (County website)
• Immunization Schedule for Children (State of California)
  • Calendario de Vacunación para Niños (State of California) (Spanish)

Maternal, Infant, Child, School, and Foster Care-related Health

Black Infant Health

• Black Infant Health Program (State of California)

Child/Teen Checkups

• No Cost Health Checkups for Children and Teens (County) (English/Spanish)
• CHDP Medical and Health Check-Ups (State of California)
  • Exámenes Médicos y Dentales (Programa de Salud y Prevención de Discapacidades de Niños (CHDP) (State of California) (Spanish)

Foster Care

• Health Care Program for Children in Foster Care (County)
• Health Exams for Children in Foster Care (County)

School-Related

• School Entry Health Checkups Form/Requistos para Exámenes de Salud para Ingresar a la Escuela (County) (English/Spanish)
• San Diego County Immunization Requirements (County)

Perinatal Care

• Perinatal Care Network/El Programa Perinatal Care Network (County) (English/Spanish)

Loss of a Baby

• Grief Support Guide—Resources for San Diego County Families Experiencing the Loss of a Baby (County)

Preterm Labor

• Signs and Symptoms of Preterm Labor (County)

Parenting Issues

• Never, EVER Shake a Baby!/Nunca Sacuda a un Bebé! (County) (English/Spanish)
• Anger—The Misunderstood Feeling/Enojo—El Sentimiento Malentendido (County) (English/Spanish)

SIDS

• Ways to Reduce the Risk of SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Causes of Death (CDC)
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)/Síndrome Infantil de Muerte Repentina (English/Spanish) (County)

Nutrition

• Eat Well Practices (County)

Refugee Health

• County of San Diego 2011 Refugee Fact Sheet (County)

Sexual Assault or Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

• Sexual Assault Response Team (County) (SART)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

STD Clinic Information

• STD Clinics/Clínicas de Enfermedades Transmitida Sexualmente (County) (English/Spanish)

Chlamydia

• Chlamydia Fact Sheet (CDC)
  • Infección por Clamidia: Hoja Informativa de los CDC (CDC) (Spanish)
  • Tôø Thoâng Tin cuûa Trung Taâm Kieåm Soaùt vaø Phoøng Ngöøa Dòch Beänh (CDC)—Nhieãm Khuaån AÂm Ñaïo (CDC) (Vietnamese)
  • 衣原体疾病 – CDC 常识篇 (CDC) (Chinese)

Gonorrhea

• Gonorrhea Fact Sheet (CDC)
  • Gonorrea: Hoja informativa de los CDC (CDC) (Spanish)
  • Beänh laäu - Tôø Thoâng Tin cuûa Trung Taâm Kieåm Soaùt vaø Phoøng Ngöøa Dòch Beänh (CDC) (Vietnamese)
  • 淋病 – CDC 常识篇 (CDC) (Chinese)

Hepatitis A, B, and C—See Infectious Diseases and Conditions section

Herpes (Genital)

• Genital Herpes Fact Sheet (CDC)
  • Herpes Genital: Hoja Informativa de los CDC (CDC) (Spanish)
  • Muïn Gioäp Sinh Duïc - Tôø Thoâng Tin cuûa Trung Taâm Kieåm Soaùt vaø Phoøng Ngöøa Dòch Beänh (CDC) (Vietnamese)
  • 生殖器疱疹 - CDC 常识篇 (CDC) (Chinese)

HPV

• HPV Vaccine Promotion Flyer (County)
• Genital HPV Infection Fact Sheet (CDC)
  • Infección Genital por el VPH: Hoja Informativa (CDC) (Spanish)
  • Nhieãm Truøng HPV Sinh Duïc—Tôø Thoâng Tin cuûa Trung Taâm Kieåm Soaùt vaø Phoøng Ngöøa Dòch Beänh (CDC) (Vietnamese)
  • 生殖器 HPV 感染 －CDC 常识篇 (CDC) (Chinese)

Molluscum Contagiosum

• Molluscum Contagiosum (CDC website)

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Fact Sheet (CDC)

Scabies

• Scabies Frequently Asked Questions (CDC website)

Syphilis

• Syphilis Fact Sheet (CDC)
  • Sífilis: Hoja Informativa de los CDC (CDC) (Spanish)
  • Beänh Giang Mai - Tôø Thoâng Tin cuûa Trung Taâm Kieåm Soaùt vaø Phoøng Ngöøa Dòch Beänh (CDC) (Vietnamese)
  • 梅毒－CDC 常识篇 (CDC) (Chinese)

Trichomoniasis

• Trichomoniasis Fact Sheet
  • Tricomoniasis - Hoja Informativa de los CDC (CDC) (Spanish)

Tobacco Control

Cars (Smoke-Free)

• Smoke Free Cars Fact Sheet (State of California)
• Smoke-Free Cars-Healthy Kids (Card) (State of California)

Hookah

• Hookah Fact Sheet (State of California)

Housing (Smoke-Free)

• Options for Condo Owners from the Public Health Law and Policy Technical Assistance Legal Center
• How to Make a Condo Complex Smokefree from the Public Health Law and Policy Technical Assistance Legal Center
  • Cómo hacer que un complejo de condominios quede libre de humo (Spanish)
  • Legal Options of Tenants Suffering from Drifting Tobacco Smoke from the Public Health Law and Policy Technical Assistance Legal Center
    • Opciones legales para inquilinos afectados por el humo de tabaco que entra a su vivienda (Spanish)
  • How Disability Laws Can Help Tenants Suffering from Drifting Tobacco Smoke from the Public Health Law and Policy Technical Assistance Legal Center
    • Cómo las leyes de discapacidad pueden ayudar a los inquilinos afectados por el humo de tabaco que entra a su vivienda (Spanish)
  • How Landlords Can Prohibit Smoking in Rental Housing from the Public Health Law and Policy Technical Assistance Legal Center
    • Cómo los propietarios pueden prohibir fumar en las viviendas de alquiler (Spanish)

Quitting Smoking

• Quit Smoking Help and Resources in San Diego County

Tuberculosis (TB) Control

TB Clinic Information

• List of Tuberculosis Services Clinic Locations (County)         

TB and Eating Safe Cheese

• Tuberculosis and Queso Fresco—Eat Safe Cheese (County)
  • Tuberculosis y Queso Fresco—¡Consuma Queso No Contaminado! (County) (Spanish)

TB General Information

• TB: Get the Facts (County)
  • Tuberculosis: ¡Entérese! (County) (Spanish)
• Basic TB Facts/La Importante Realidad Acerca de la Tuberculosis (TB) (County) (English/Spanish)

TB and HIV

• The Connection between TB and HIV (County)
  • Tuberculosis: La conexión Entre la Tuberculosis y el VIH (County) (Spanish)

TB Testing

• What you Need to Know about the TB Skin Test/Lo que Usted Necesita Saber Acerca de la Prueba de Tuberculina en la Piel (County) (English/Spanish)
• QuantiFERON Fact Sheet® (blood test information)/ Prueba de QuantiFERON@ en Sangre (County) (English/Spanish)
• QuantiFERON Fact Sheet® (blood test information) (County) (English/Tagalog)
  • QuantiFERON Fact Sheet® (blood test information)/Xét Nghiêm máu QuantifFERON@ (County) (English/Vietnamese)
  • QuantiFERON Fact Sheet® (blood test information) (County) (English/Arabic)
• QuantiFERON® - Lab Facts (County)

TB Treatment

• Treating TB Infection (County)
  • Tratamiento para la Infección de Tuberculosis (County) (Spanish)

TB Vaccine

• TB and the BCG Vaccine/Tuberculosis (TB) y la Vacuna BCG (County) (English/Spanish)

West Nile Virus, Zika Virus, and Other Vector-Borne Diseases

Hantavirus

• Hantavirus (County)
  • Hantavirus—Protéjase del Hantavirus (County) (Spanish)
• Hantavirus (CDC)

Lyme Disease and Ticks

• Lyme Disease (County)
• Lyme Disease: What You Need to Know (CDC) (Booklet)
• Ticks and Lyme Disease (CDC)
  • Las Garrapatas y la Enfermedad de Lyme (CDC) (Spanish)

Mosquitos

• Aedes aegypti Mosquitos (County)    
  • Zancudo Aedes aegypti (County) (Spanish)
• Mosquitos “Fight the Bite” (County)
• Mosquito Activity Book “Fight the Bite” (County)
  • Libro de Actividades de Zancudos “Lucha Contra la Picadura del Zancudo” (County) (Spanish)

Plague

• Plague—Protect Yourself and Your Pets (County)
  • Peste—Protéjase y a Sus Mascotas (County) (Spanish)

Rats

• Rats—A Guide to Ending the Rat Race (County)
  • Ratas—Una Guía Para Controlar Las Ratas (County) (Spanish)

Tularemia

• Tularemia Information (County website)

West Nile Virus

• West Nile Virus (County)
  • Lucha Contra la Picadura del Zancudo (Virus del Oeste del Nilo) (County) (Spanish)         
• Fight the Bite! Beat West Nile Virus (Poster) (County)
  • Lucha Contra la Picadura del Zancudo—Controle el Virus del Oeste del Nilo (Cartel) (County) (Spanish)

Zika

• Zika: The Basics of the Virus and How to Protect Against It (CDC)
  • Zika: Información Básica Sobre el Virus y Cómo Protegerse (CDC) (Spanish)