Books
- Doak, Cecelia, et al. (1996). Teaching Patients with Low Literacy Skills. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0397551614
- Nielsen-Bohlman, Lynn et al. (2004). Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. National Academy Press. ISBN 0309091179
- Osborne, Helen (2004). Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate your Health. Jones & Bartlett. ISBN 00673745502.
- Schwartzberg, Joanne G. et al. (2004). Understanding Health Literacy: Implications for Medicine and Public Health. American Medical Association. ISBN 0579476309
- Schwartzberg, Joanne G. (2003). Health Literacy: Help Your Patients Understand. American Medical Association. ISBN 1579475027
Health Literacy Web Sites
American Medical Association Foundation Health Literacy
- Health literacy campaign that highlights the importance of information that can affect early diagnosis and treatment, includes literacy kits
- National directory of literacy service providers available via the Internet and the National Institute for Literacy’s toll free number
- Patient education program designed to promote communication between health care providers, patients and families with presentation tool kits for professionals and patients, brochures, statistics, guidelines
Center for Healthcare Strategies Health Literacy Resources
- Fact sheets on a variety of health literacy topics as well as bibliography with recent reviews
Harvard School of Public Health – Health Literacy Studies
- Designed for professionals including literature reviews, research, education materials, and “how to” section on creating and evaluating materials
- Highlights for October, Health Literacy Month, including fact sheets, logs and posters, ongoing program materials
Health Resources and Services Administration Center for Quality – Health Literacy
- Highlights health literacy as an objective of Healthy People 2010 includes issues and trends, population disparities, and 2010 objectives
National Literacy and Health Program
- The Canadian Public Health Association provides resources to help health professional serve clients with low literacy skills, and include a document on designing medication packaging with labeling for senior with low literacy
- Government Web site that offers information on this initiative with examples, guidelines for content and layout in documents including links to writing tools
Online Health Literacy Videos
- 15 minute video which discuss health care professionals role in health care literacy, and implications for positive outcomes