Welcome to Healthy Roads Media

Our Goal
Health information access is a basic healthcare need. Literacy, health-literacy, illness, aging, disability and language are all issues that can pose barriers to obtaining basic health information. This site contains free health education materials in a number of languages and a variety of formats. They are being developed to study the value of these formats in providing health information for diverse populations in a variety of settings. We need your feedback!

Our Materials
There are many contributors to Healthy Roads Media. Our text is always from reliable sources and the information is reviewed regularly. Sometimes our partners provide both English and non-English text. We only accept translated materials that have been created through a quality controlled process. If Healthy Roads Media does the translation, then the work is carried out by certified translators, again through a quality controlled process. We work to make sure that the translations are done in a way to make them easy-to-read and as accessible as possible to people with literacy challenges. High quality translation is a complex and difficult process, especially when trying to accurately communicate health information. We welcome any suggestions.

The Formats
The materials are available in multiple formats that can be used on-line as well as downloaded and used off-line. By making the same content available in many ways, we hope to provide information access for people in diverse situations. For example, someone who has difficulty with written materials may want to watch the on-line video or listen to the audio but also have a handout to take home so they can share with family members. An outreach worker who does not have access to the Internet on home visits can use downloaded multimedia files on her laptop. Video iPODs can be connected by a standard cable for presentation of videos on a television. Please let us know how you are using our materials and ideas you have to make them better.

Healthy Roads Media brochure

Listing of all materials currently available

Handout describing the formats used by Healthy Roads Media

Healthy Roads Media provides these materials for educational use only .
They should not be used as a diagnosis or substitute for medical advice.
If you have questions or concerns about your health, a medical professional should be contacted.