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Health Literacy
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Ten Attributes of Health Literate Health Care Organizations
Institute of Medicine
Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient-and Family-Centered Care
A roadmap for hospitals by The Joint Commission
Building Health Literate Organizations: A Guidebook to Achieving Organizational Change
Helps health care organizations engage in organizational change to become health literate - by UnityPoint Health
Building the Case for Health Literacy: Proceedings of a Workshop
Health Literacy Roundtable, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine - 2018
Culture, Language and Health Literacy
Providers need to address culture, language and health literacy of diverse patients and communities - by HRSA
Health Literacy - CDC
Tools to improve health literacy and public health; how to use the National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy
Health Literacy Studies
Harvard School of Public Health highlights research findings, reports/initiatives, and strategies/tools
Teaching Patients with Low Literacy Skills
Classic text in health literacy by Doak, Doak, & Root - online

AHRQ Health Literacy Tools for Use in Pharmacies
Is our pharmacy meeting patients' needs?
AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
Helps primary care practices reduce the complexity of health care, increase patient understanding of health information, support patients of all health literacy levels
Health Literacy Principles: Guidance for Making Information Understandable, Useful, and Navigable
by Kara L. Jacobson and Ruth M. Parker, IOM, Institute of Medicine
Health Literacy Principles Checklist
Checklist from discussion paper Health Literacy Principles
Health Literacy Tool Shed
Database of health literacy measures by Boston U. etc.
The Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) and User’s Guide
An instrument to assess the understandability and actionability of print and audiovisual materials - AHRQ
PEMAT-A/V Scoring Tool for A/V Materials
PEMAT-P Scoring Tool for Print Materiais
Toolkit for Making Written Material Clear and Effective
Helps you make written material easier to read, understand, and use - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

HealthStream Learning Course - Teach-Back: Evaluating Patient/Family Understanding of Learning - course, video and test
Log into Workday, click Career, then HealthStream. Search "Catalog" tab for TeachBack
How Can the Teach-Back Method Improve Outcomes?
Video from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Teach Back Video - a Technique for Teaching Patients
NC Program on Health Literacy
Using the Teach-back Toolkit
Combines health literacy principles of plain language and using teach-back to confirm understanding. Includes interactive teach-back learning module.

Ask Me 3
Questions to ask your doctor from the National Patient Safety Foundation
MedlinePlus - Health Literacy
Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality