Health Education Tools
As a benefit of partnering with L.A. Care, we offer you and your patients several types of health education resources:
- Order free health education and cultural and linguistic services materials.
- Free health education classes and seminars at L.A. Care’s Family Resource Centers in Boyle Heights, East L.A., Inglewood, Lynwood, Pacoima and Palmdale. Topics include smoking cessation, diabetes management and more.
- Health education information on topics such as asthma, oral health, pregnancy and more - all in a printer friendly format.
Refer L.A. Care members to free Health Education, Cultural and Linguistic Services (Writeable PDF)
Provider Toolkit for Serving Diverse Populations
The following toolkit will assist you in providing high quality, effective, and compassionate care to your patients and help you meet the changing service requirements as required by state and federal regulatory agencies:
The toolkit contents are organized in five sections which contain helpful information and tools that can be reproduced and used as needed:
Section 1: What You Need to Know
Section 2: Interaction with a Diverse Patient Base
Section 3: Crossing Barriers: Communication Across Language Barriers
Section 4: Awareness of Cultural Background and Its Impact on Health Care Delivery
Text4baby is a FREE mobile information service that provides pregnant women and new moms with information to help them care for their health and give their babies the best possible start in life.
Women who sign up for the service by texting BABY to 511411 (or BEBE in Spanish) will receive free SMS messages each week, timed to their due date or baby’s date of birth. Users may opt out at any time by texting STOP to 511411.