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Health Literacy
- Beyond
The Brochure: Alternative Approches to Effective Health
- An 80 page booklet about different ways to communicate
with low-literacy clients such as posters, fotonovelas,
drama, games and audiovisual materials. From the AMC Cancer
Research Center in Colorado.
- Health
Literacy: a Prescription to End Confusion
- In April 2004, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued
a report about the state of health literacy in the United
States and issued recommendations for addressing the problems.
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- How
to Create and Assess Print Materials
- Help for designing and assessing printed health materials
from the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Literacy and Health Outcomes
- A report from the U. S. Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality released in January 2004 which concludes that
low reading skill and poor health are clearly related.
- Materials
Development and Assessment
- A list of resources to help with writng and assessing
easy to read health information. From the Health and Literacy
Compendium.
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- The Newest
Vital Sign
- A new health literacy assessment tool for health professionals.
Developed by Dr. Barry Weiss and his colleagues at the
University of Arizona. This tool was designed to quickly
and effectively assess patients' health literacy skills.
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- Partnership for Clear
Health Communication
- A coalition of national organizations that are working
together to promote awareness and solutions around the
issue of low health literacy and its effect on health
outcomes. They suggest that patients should ask 3 questions
of their health care providers - What is my main problem?
What do I need to do? Why is it important for me to do
this?
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- Preparing
Patient Education Materials
- People at all literacy levels prefer written materials
that are simple and attractive. This fact sheet is one
in a series of nine developed for providers who are designing
materials for consumers. It details how to develop materials
that are easy to understand. From the Center for Health
Care Strategies, Inc.
Updated 03/05/2008
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