WTIND is an unbelievably useful basic diagnosis, treatment, and prevention handbook for common health care issues.

More (not enough room to add the links, so click through):

# Chapter 20: Family Planning- Having the Number of Children You Want
# Chapter 21: Health and Sicknesses of Children
# Chapter 22: Health and Sicknesses of Older People
# Chapter 23: The Medicine Kit
# The Green Pages: The Uses, Dosage, and Precautions for Medicines
# The Blue Pages: New Information
# Vocabulary: Explaining Difficult Words
# Information: Addresses for Teaching Materials, Dosage Blanks, Patient Report, Information on Vital Signs, Abbreviations, Weight, Volume
# Index

Sounds like what the B.C. government did a few years ago, sent every household in the province a book on when to go to the Dr. or go to the hospital and filled with self-help info.