Health Literacy
- General Health Literacy Resources - Guidance for Health Professionals
General Health Literacy Resources
	Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
		Health Literacy Crucial to Good Health
		Health Literacy Improvement
		Quick Guide to Health Literacy
	National Center for Education Statistics
		Evaluation of the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey Also available in PDF.
		The Health Literacy of America’s Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy Also available in PDF
	Clear & Simple: Developing Effective Print Materials for Low-Literate Readers - National Cancer Institute.
	Health Literacy, eHealth, and Communication: Putting the Consumer First: Workshop Summary - National Academy of Sciences.
	Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion - Institute of Medicine.
	Health Communications [PDF] - Chapter 11 in Healthy People 2010 , Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
	Health Literacy Consulting - Health Literacy Consulting.
	Health Literacy Resources - USDA, Food Stamp Nutrition Connection.
	Healthy People 2010 Health Communications Objectives - US Department of Health and Human Services.
	Improving Health Literacy - The Plain Language Action and Information Network.
	Steps to a Healthier US Prevention Report - DHHS, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
	Understanding Health Literacy and Its Barriers - National Library of Medicine.
Guidance for Health Professionals:
	American Medical Association Foundation
		Health Literacy: A Manual for Clinicians [PDF]
		Health Literacy: Physician Resources
		Health Literacy Program Video Low Health Literacy: You Can't Tell By Looking
	Communicating Effectively with Pregnant Adolescents who have Limited Literacy or Comprehension Skills [PDF - 13 pages] - Chapter 18 in Nutrition and the Pregnant Adolescent: A Practical Reference Guide, University of Minnesota, Center for Leadership, Education and Training in Maternal and Child Nutrition.
	Developing Educational Materials - USDA, WIC Works.
	Federal Health Literacy Improvement Resources - US Department of Health and Human Services.
	The Health Literacy Environment of Hospitals and Health Centers - The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy.
	Health Literacy: New Field, New Opportunities (Online Tutorial) - World Education.
	Health Literacy Studies - Harvard School of Public Health, Health Literacy Studies.
	Health Literacy Toolkit: Better Communication for Better Care [PDF - 224 pages] - The Rhode Island Health Literacy Project.
	Health Literacy Training - Health Resources and Services Administration.
	Literacy and Health Outcomes - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Also available in PDF.
	The Plain Language Initiative - National Institutes of Health.
	Recognizing and Overcoming Inadequate Health Literacy, a Barrier to Care [PDF] - Mark V. Williams MD, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine.

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