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Last update: Oct 22nd, 2009 URL: http://guides.lib.umich.edu/healthliteracy  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Michigan Health Awareness Training Program

"This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. N01-LM-6-3503 with the University of Illinois at Chicago.” 

 

Nutrition

From the Florida WIC site, nutrition materials. WIC is a federally funded nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children. See also their materials on breastfeeding.

 

Asthma

A plain language asthma guide from the Georgia Hospital Association

 

 
 

Diabetes

AHRQ released plain-language guides for consumers and clinicians comparing the efficacy, effectiveness, and side effects of newer premixed insulin analogues to conventional insulin (human insulin) and other preparations used to control Type 2 diabetes. 

A Guide for Adults (Plain Language)

Premixed Insulin Analogues: A Comparison with Other Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes 

From Learning About Diabetes, colorful handouts to print in English and Spanish.

      
     
     

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