Health Literacy Resources

Description

A comprehensive collection of resources designed to support educators in developing patient educational tools that are easy to understand. Addressing health literacy means more than addressing the grade level of written materials. These resources provide comprehensive guidance about developing educational resources in a variety of formats that patients of all literacy levels can understand and act on to help them better manage their health.

Funding Acknowledgement

The Specialty Societies Advancing Adult Immunization (SSAAI) program is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award to the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) totaling $42,175,407 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of nor endorsement, by CDC/HHS or the U.S. Government.

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US Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion National Health Initiative on Health Literacy

US Department of Health and Human Services – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention- Simply Put: A guide for creating easy-to-understand materials

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Guidelines for Effective Writing

Harvard University: Guidelines for Creating Materials

The University of Michigan Library: Plain Language Medical Dictionary

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – National Center for Health Marketing: Plain Language Thesaurus for Health Communications

Center for Health Care Strategies: Health Literacy Fact Sheets

US Department of Health and Human Services: Five things to know about health literacy

Miami Dade College: Introduction to Health Literacy

Miami Dade College: Health Literacy Strategies