Health Literacy Resources
Here is a sample of the articles that you can find :
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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)
Health Literacy Websites
- Improving Health Literacy from the National Institutes of Health . This website defines health literacy, states health literacy objectives in Health People 2010 , and links to more information.
- Health information literacy from the Medical Library Association (MLA) . This website lists resources for health professionals, information professionals, and consumers.
- Health and Literacy Special Collection from the National Institutes for Literacy ( LINCS ) project. This site was developed for health educators and lists curricula and multilingual resources, as well as health literacy research and organizations.
- Health Literacy from AMA Foundation

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