Visitors: Health Education
Health Education Library
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 on many different health and wellness topics. Feel free to print them and share with your healthcare team, family members, and other important people in your life.
We frequently update this site, so be sure to check back often. At San Francisco Health Plan, we are here for you.(Also available in Spanish, Chinese, Russian & Vietnamese.)
- Adolescents - Taking Care of Yourself: Health Tips for Teens
- Allergies- What are Allergies?
- Antibiotics- What are Antibiotics?
- Asthma - Taking Care of Your Child's Asthma
- Asthma - What is Asthma?
- Back Pain - What is Back Pain?
- Back Pain - Self-Care for Low Back & Spine
- Cancer- Top Tips for Cancer Prevention
- 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?
- Home - Home Safety for Children & Babies
- Immunizations and Vaccines
- Immunizations - Childhood Immunizations
- Hypertension - High Blood Pressure
- Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Healthcare
- Men's Health
- Mental Health
- Nutrition
- Parenting
- Pertussis (a.k.a. Whooping Cough)
- Physical Activity - Exercise for Your Health
- Prenatal Care - What is Prenatal Care?
- Post-Partum Health Tips
- Relationships
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Sleep - Sleep Better
- Smoking
- Stress Reduction
- Stroke - What Is A 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
- SF Department of Emergency Management: Are You Prepared?
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