Health Literacy

Important Links

• An Annotated Bibliography of Health Literacy for Adult English Language Learners
• Eastern Lincs Health and Literacy Collection
• Harvard School of Public Health: Health Literacy Studies
• Lincs Online Discussion List
• National Health Council
• National Health Education Standards (Cleveland State University)
• Virginia Adult Education Health Literacy Toolkit

Articles, Journals, and Research

• Annual Review of Adult Learning and Literacy, Chapter Five
  Health and Literacy: A Review of Medical and Public Health Literature
• Empowerment Health Education in Adult Literacy: A Guide for Public Health and Adult Literacy Practitioners, Policy Makers and Funders
• Experts: Low Health Literacy Takes Toll on Patients
• Health and Literacy, Eric Practice Application Brief #7
• Health Literacy and Adult English Language Learners
• Health Literacy and Numeracy
• Health Literacy and the JAMA Patient Page: Letters to the Editor
• Health Literacy Studies: NCSALL
• Health Literacy Toolbox
• How to Improve Health Literacy in Older People
• Lack of Health Literacy May Affect Outcomes For Many Senior Citizens
• Managing Your Medication Supply
• Patient Health Literacy: Barriers to Informed Consent and Shared Decision Making
• What is Health Literacy? Center for Medicare Education
• Women and Aging-Health Literacy: Sharpening Your Skills

Facts and Information

• American Cancer Society Health Information (English and Spanish)
• Breast Cancer Site
• Cancer Fact Sheets: National Cancer Institute
• Cost of Health Care and Low Literacy fact sheet
• Fact Sheet: Health Literacy
• Health Literacy and Understanding Medical Information
• High Blood Pressure and Your Kidneys
• Office of Minority Health: Data and Statistics
• Strategies to Assist Low-Literate Healtch Care Consumers
• Preparing Patient Education Materials
• What is Health Literacy? From the Center for Health Care Strategies Inc
• What is Health Literacy? From Health Literacy for All Students
• Who Has Health Literacy Problems?
• Why Health Education?
• Workers Compensation Factsheets

Grants and Funding

• Pfizer

Learner/Teacher Resources

• Access to Resources for Community Health
• Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs
• Aim for a Healthy Weight
• Allergies Help Clinic
• Asthma and Indoor Environments: US EPA
• Body Mass Index Calculator
• Center for Healthcare Strategies
• Consumer Health: An Online Resource
• Directory of Plain Language Health Information: Canada
• Diversity Rx
• Easy to Read Publications: US FDA
• Ethnic Health Resource List
• Family Doctor.org
• Health AtoZ.com
• Health and Literacy Compendium
• Health and Safety ESL lessons from the Pioneer Living Series
• Health Communication and Literacy
• Health Education and Adult Literacy: Breast and Cervical Cancer (HEAL:BCC)
• Health Literacy Literature
• Health Teacher Web MD
• Literacy and Health Webliography
• Low-Literacy Patient Education Handouts
• Multicultural Health Communication Service
• National Cholesterol Education Program: Live Healthier Live Longer
• National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Information Page
• NIAMS Health Topics
• Non-English Language & Health Literacy Resources
• Parents Place.com
• Picture Stories for Adult ESL Health Literacy
• SABES Health Page
• VA Dept. of Health: Center for Primary Care and Rural Health
• WebMD Health
• Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure

Organizations and Programs

• American Cancer Society
• American Dental Association Publications
• American Heart Association
• American Lung Association
• American Medical Association Foundation: Health Literacy
• American Stroke Association
• Center for Healthcare Strategies
• Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research-Brochures
• National Stroke Association
• Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (English and Spanish)
• VA Dept. of Health: Center for Primary Care and Rural Health