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Health Literacy Resources

Click here to search PubMed for articles on Health Literacy that are in the Talbot Research Library's collection.

Here is a sample of the articles that you can find :

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Abstract Exploring the value of audiotapes for health literacy: a systematic review.
Patient Educ Couns. 2005 Sep;58(3):235-43. Review.
PMID: 16054796 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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No abstract Taking health literacy seriously.
Lancet. 2005 Jul 9-15;366(9480):95. No abstract available.
PMID: 16010705 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Abstract Sociodemographic determinants of cancer treatment health literacy.
Cancer. 2005 Aug 1;104(3):653-60.
PMID: 15983986 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Abstract The impact of low health literacy on the medical costs of Medicare managed care enrollees.
Am J Med. 2005 Apr;118(4):371-7. Erratum in: Am J Med. 2005 Aug;118(8):933.
PMID: 15808134 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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No abstract The public's and the patient's right to know: AMA commentary on "Public health literacy in America: an ethical imperative".
Am J Prev Med. 2005 Apr;28(3):325-6. No abstract available.
PMID: 15766624 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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No abstract Teaching about health literacy and clear communication.
J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Aug;21(8):888-90. No abstract available.
PMID: 16881953 [PubMed - in process]
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No abstract The meaning and the measure of health literacy.
J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Aug;21(8):878-83. No abstract available.
PMID: 16881951 [PubMed - in process

Books in the Talbot Research Library

  • Health literacy from A to Z: practical ways to communicate your health message
    Helen Osborne.
    Sudbury, Mass: Jones and Bartlett, 2005.
    (RA440 .O825 2005)
  • Understanding health literacy : implications for medicine and public health
    Joanne Schwartzberg, Jonathan B. VanGeest, Claire C. Wang ; section editors, Julie A. Gazmararian ... [et al.].
    [Chicago, Ill.] :American Medical Association, 2005.
    (RA440.5 .U485 2005)
  • Health literacy : help your patients understand [kit]
    American Medical Association, 2003. (R727.4 .H42 2003)
  • Advancing health literacy : a framework for understanding and action.
    Christina Zarcadoolas, et al.San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, an imprint of Wiley, 2006. (RA440.5 Z37 2006)

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