Low-literacy patient education information, health literacy toolkits, pamphlets and other resources developed by national organizations, associations and the federal government.
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Health Literacy Resources
American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation
-- has been working to raise awareness of health literacy through its health literacy toolkits, health literacy videos and health literacy partnerships.
California Health Literacy Initiative Resource Center
-- The CHLI's goal is to impact the health and well-being of individuals with low literacy skills, their families, and their communities.
University of Maryland Medical Center's Medical Encyclopedia
-- Spanish language medical encyclopedia
National Institute of Health (NIH) - Clear Communication: A Health Literacy Initiative
-- View definitions, resources and information for improving health literacy.
Annals of Family Medicine: Newest Vital Sign
-- View a study that developed a quick and accurate screening test, the Newest Vital Sign, for limited literacy in English and Spanish.
Healthy Roads Media
-- Healthy Roads Media attends to issues of health literacy in its patient education materials and provides the information in a variety of languages and formats.
OHSU Hood River Community Health Outreach Project
-- Low-literacy pamphlets in Spanish and English produced by project participants.
Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA)
-- An instrument for measuring patients' literacy skills.
US Food and Drug Administration - Health Literacy and Medication Safety
-- Health Literacy and Medication Safety brochure; information on health literacy principles, problems with medication guides, and key findings of the American College of Physicians Foundation
(30-page PDF file)
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