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Patient Education

Explore practical wellness information and multilingual resources to help you and your family make informed healthcare decisions.

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Knowledge Is a Powerful Part of Good Health

At MHEDS, we believe informed patients are empowered patients. Explore health education, wellness information, mental health resources, and multilingual materials designed to help you and your family make informed decisions and stay healthy.

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Back-to-School Health & Childhood Wellness

Prepare your child for a healthy school year with tips on sleep, nutrition, wellness visits, emotional health, and back-to-school routines.

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Stay Heat Safe!

Learn the warning signs of heat illness and discover simple ways to stay cool, hydrated, and safe during hot summer weather.

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Summer Safety & Heat Illness Prevention

Summer is a season filled with outdoor activities, vacations, exercise, and time spent with family…

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Mental Health Resources

Infographic titled Warning Signs of Suicide listing talking about suicide, feeling hopeless, and behavior changes like withdrawing or risky acts, with crisis helplines and the National Institute of Mental Health logo.
Warning Signs of Suicide
English – Spanish – Dari – Burmese – Russian – Kinyarwanda – Swahili – Ukrainian – Arabic – Nepali – Pashto
A blue and white infographic titled Tips for Talking With a Health Care Provider About Your Mental Health offers advice on starting mental health conversations, choosing a care provider, and preparing for an appointment.
Tips for Talking with a Healthcare Provider About Your Mental Health
English – Spanish – Pashto – Nepali – Kinyarwanda – Dari – Arabic – Swahili – Russian – Ukrainian – Burmese
An infographic titled Teen Depression: More than just moodiness lists symptoms of depression, ways to get help, and encourages teens to seek support and talk to trusted adults. Includes helplines and the website nimh.nih.gov/depression.
Teen Depression: More Than Just Moodiness
English – Spanish – Pashto – Nepali – Dari – Burmese – Arabic – Kinyarwanda – Russian – Swahili – Ukrainian
Infographic titled “I’M SO STRESSED OUT!” explains differences between stress and anxiety, lists symptoms, coping tips, and ways to seek help, with NIH logos and web addresses at the bottom.
Is it Stress or Anxiety?
English – Spanish – Nepali – Dari – Russian – Kinyarwanda
Infographic titled My Mental Health: Do I Need Help? describes symptoms by severity, offers self-care tips, and urges seeking professional help if symptoms persist or worsen. Includes crisis helpline info and website links.
My Mental Health: Do I Need Help?
English – Spanish – Pashto – Nepali – Swahili – Kinyarwanda – Russian – Ukrainian – Arabic – Burmese – Dari
Infographic titled Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Traumatic Events, listing common reactions by age group and advice for adults on supporting children after traumatic experiences. Includes illustrations of adults comforting children.
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope With Traumatic Events
English – Spanish – Russian – Kinyarwanda – Swahili – Arabic – Burmese – Dari – Nepali – Pashto – Ukrainian
An infographic titled Depression in Women: 4 Things to Know explains that depression is a medical condition, lists symptoms, and offers resources for help. Illustrated women and informational text boxes are included.
Depression In Women: 4 Things You Need to Know
English – Spanish – Pashto – Burmese – Swahili – Russian – Kinyarwanda – Ukrainian – Arabic – Dari – Nepali
An informational flyer titled Children and Mental Health: Is This Just a Stage? explains signs of mental health issues in children, when to seek help, and offers resources like the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Children and Mental Health: Is This Just a Stage?
English – Spanish – Dari – Swahili – Russian – Ukrainian – Arabic – Burmese – Nepali – Pashto – Kinyarwanda
A blue and white infographic titled 5 Action Steps for Helping Someone in Emotional Pain, listing steps: ask, keep them safe, be there, help them connect, and stay connected, with brief explanations and a suicide prevention website.
5 Steps to Help a Person Experiencing Mental Pain

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Avoiding Lead Poisoning Prevention Videos

Over 5,000 young children in Pennsylvania suffer from lead poisoning each year. Lead poisoning is completely preventable. To avoid lead poisoning you must avoid lead exposure. The primary way to prevent children from being exposed to lead is to eliminate lead hazards in homes and other buildings where children live and play.

Avoid Lead Poisoning [Pashto]

په پنسلوانیا کې هر کال تر 5,000 ډیر کوچني ماشومان د لیډ مسمومیت سره مخ کیږي. د لیډ زهري کول په بشپړ ډول د مخنیوي وړ دي. د لیډ زهري کیدو څخه مخنیوي لپاره تاسو باید د لیډ افشا کیدو څخه مخنیوی وکړئ. د لیډ سره د ماشومانو د مخنیوي لومړنۍ لاره په کورونو او نورو ودانیو کې د لیډ خطرونو له مینځه وړل دي چیرې چې ماشومان ژوند کوي او لوبې کوي.

Avoid Lead Poisoning [Dari]

سالانه بیش از 5,000 طفل جوان در پنسلوانیا از مسمومیت سرب رنج میبرند. مسمومیت با سرب کاملاً قابل پیشگیری است. برای جلوگیری از مسمومیت با سرب شما باید از در معرض قرار گرفتن سرب جلوگیری کنید. روش اصلی جلوگیری از در معرض قرار گرفتن اطفال در مقابل سرب از بین بردن خطرات سرب در خانه ها و دیگر تعمیرات جاییکه اطفال زندگی و بازی میکنند است.

Avoid Lead Poisoning [English]

Over 5,000 young children in Pennsylvania suffer from lead poisoning each year. Lead poisoning is completely preventable. To avoid lead poisoning you must avoid lead exposure.

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