Health Literacy: Health Literacy

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Institute of Medicine

A roadmap for hospitals by The Joint Commission

Helps health care organizations engage in organizational change to become health literate - by UnityPoint Health

Health Literacy Roundtable, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine - 2018

Providers need to address culture, language and health literacy of diverse patients and communities - by HRSA

Tools to improve health literacy and public health; how to use the National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy

Harvard School of Public Health highlights research findings, reports/initiatives, and strategies/tools

Classic text in health literacy by Doak, Doak, & Root - online

Part of a health literacy educational toolkit

A TedX talk by Lisa Fitzpatrick, on the importance of Health Literacy

Is our pharmacy meeting patients' needs?

Helps primary care practices reduce the complexity of health care, increase patient understanding of health information, support patients of all health literacy levels

by Kara L. Jacobson and Ruth M. Parker, IOM, Institute of Medicine

Checklist from discussion paper Health Literacy Principles

Database of health literacy measures by Boston U. etc.

An instrument to assess the understandability and actionability of print and audiovisual materials - AHRQ

Helps you make written material easier to read, understand, and use - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Questions to ask your doctor from the National Patient Safety Foundation

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Log into Workday, click Career, then HealthStream. Search "Catalog" tab for TeachBack

Video from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

NC Program on Health Literacy

Combines health literacy principles of plain language and using teach-back to confirm understanding. Includes interactive teach-back learning module.