Health Literacy

"The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate decisions."
(Parker & Ratzan, 2001)

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Health Literacy Links

Goal setting in diabetes self-management: Taking the baby steps to success. Patient Educ Couns. 2009 Apr 7. (external link)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Literacy and Health Outcomes (external link)

AARP Research - Adequate Literacy and Health Literacy: Prerequisites for Informed Health Care Decision Making (external link)

AHRQ - Is Our Pharmacy Meeting Patients' Needs? A Pharmacy Health Literacy Assessment Tool User's Guide (external link)

AHRQ - Strategies to Improve Communication between Pharmacy Staff and Patients: A Training Program for Pharmacy Staff

AHRQ - Patient Safety Tools: Improving Safety at the Point of Care

APhA - Pharmacist-Provided Disease Management Programs: Evidence of Success (external pdf)

The American College of Physicians Foundation Diabetes Guide: How We Did It and Why It Works by Terry C. Davis, PhD

The Commonwealth Fund - Health Literacy Practices in Primary Care Settings: Examples from the Field (external link)

Endeavors Magazine, UNC-Chapel Hill - The Asheville Project (external link)

IOM Workshop - Health Literacy, eHealth, and Communication: Putting the Consumer First - Workshop Summary

IOM Report - Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion (external link)

Hablamos Juntos - Universal Symbols for Health Care: Poster and Workbook (external link)

Literacy & Safety: The Problem of Consent and Informed Decision-Making by Rebecca Sudore, MD (PowerPoint presentation)

National Center for Education Statistics - Key Concepts and Features of the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy

National Center for Education Statistics - The Health Literacy of America's Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy

Medication Labeling Links