Michigan Health Awareness Training Program
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Organizations/Programs
- HRSA: Health Literacy
- Health Communication. Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
- Health Education and Literacy for Parents (HELP)
- Health Literacy Month
- NIH Clear Communication
- NNLM: Health Literacy
- National Literacy and Health Program. Canadian Public Health Association.
- The Medical Library Association: Health Information Literacy
Links to Original Data Sources
National Assessment of Adult Literacy, 2003, is a nationally representative and continuing assessment of English literacy among American adults age 16 and older. This is the premier source for statistics on adult illiteracy. A new resource on that site provides "Indirect County and State Estimates of the Percentage of Adults at the Lowest Literacy Level for 1992 and 2003". This is the source others cite.
Another report from NAAL released in May, 2009: Basic Reading Skills and the Literacy of the America's Least Literate Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) Supplemental Studies
The NAAL Issue Brief entitled, “America's Health Literacy: Why We Need Accessible Health Information” is now online. This brief summarizes key findings and presents some policy implications of the first ever National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL).
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America provides a web site of their reports, data tables, etc, and is an excellent source of information on the issue of differences in health based on levels of education. State specific data and slides are available on line.
Overviews of Health Literacy and Its Impact
Excellent sourced data can be located at Health Literacy Innovations
AMA Foundation's a manual for clinicians (PDF) can be downloaded and offers continuing education credits. It contains an excellent narriative on the NAAL and the implications of limited health literacy.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) presents Literacy and Health Outcomes among its EPC Evidence Reports. Visitors can read the summary or link out to the full text of the report.
What Did the Doctor Say? Improving Health Literacy to protect Patient Safety. The Joint Commission 2007.
Adult Literacy in America: A first look at the findings of the national Adult Literacy Survey
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