Health Literacy

Syllabus for a health literacy class at The Ohio State University.

Lesson plan from Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Health Literacy Seminar from Tufts School of Medicine.

Health Literacy Graduate Course, Communications in Health Care Settings, Communication Strategies for Health Education and Health Promotion.

Plan for teaching consumers, health advocates, educators and health care providers about health literacy.

Health and wellness curriculum for ESL students designed to improve health literacy, functional literacy, and enhance English communication skills.

Educational materials and websites for people from different cultures and adults with limited literacy skills.

Lessons to teach adult basic education students about medicine safety.

The AMA Foundation's tool for informing physicians, health care professionals and patient advocates about health literacy.

Unique, curated online database of more than 100 empirically validated health literacy research instruments.

Offers primary care practices a way to assess their services for health literacy considerations.

A toolkit developed by the National Institute on Aging for beginning and intermediate users of the Web.

Four Study Circles intended to enhance practitioner understanding of health literacy issues.

Provides background information on health literacy and offers strategies for communicating with older adults.

The book is considered a classic text in health literacy. It covers a range of topics, including educational theories, tests for literacy skills, and assessments of the suitability of materials.

From the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, these materials are designed for teachers and professional development staff.

An annual conference offered by the Health Literacy Institute, Center for Health Policy, Planning & Research, University of New England, Portland, Maine.

The kit is designed as a self-study CME activity for physicians.