LibGuides: Health Literacy: Resources

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MedlinePlus
The premiere consumer health database from the National Library of Medicine has Easy-to-Read health topics pages
Staying Healthy Through Education and Prevention (STEP)
This guide provides information, tools, curricular material, and other resources to successfully implement STEP, an evidence-based exercise program focusing on walking and strength training for seniors.

The Health Literacy of America’s Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy
The U.S. Department of Education published the only national data on health literacy skills in 2006. The study found that adults who self-report the worst health also have the most limited literacy, numeracy, and health literacy skills.
Health Literacy Interventions and Outcomes: an updated systematic review
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 2011
Institute of Medicine's health literacy report (2004)
National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2010
Roundtable on Health Literacy commissioned papers
National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine
US Surgeon General's Workshop on Improving Health Literacy
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2006
European Health Literacy Survey
This study from Maastricht University in 2012 shows health literacy skill issues in European Union countries are similar to those in the U.S.
"What Did the Doctor Say?:" Improving Health Literacy to Protect Patient Safety
From the Joint Commission, 2007