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== Health Literacy Tool Kit ==
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'''Meta Sites''' (tools, resources and reports)

[http://www.ahrq.gov/browse/hlitres.htm Health Literacy and Cultural Competence: HHS Resource Links] ''AHRQ''

[http://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/default.htm Health Literacy Improvement] ''U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion''

[http://www.lacnyc.org/resources/links/health.htm Health Literacy Links] ''Literacy Assistance Center''

'''Introduction to Health Literacy'''

[http://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/issuebrief/2008IssueBrief.pdf America's Health Literacy: Why We Need Accessible Health Information] ''A collaboration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, the Centers for Disease Control, and AHRQ''

[http://www.acpfoundation.org/materials-and-guides/video/videos-for-patients/health-literacy-video.html Health Literacy Video] ''American College of Physicians Foundation''

[http://www.health.gov/communication/HLActionPlan/ National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy] ''U.S. Department of Health and Human Services''

'''Resources for Providers/Health Professionals'''

[http://www.npsf.org/askme3/ Ask Me 3] ''National Patient Safety Foundation''

[http://dhsmedia.wi.gov/main/Viewer/?peid=e9152bf67a7b4460859a16c33db1ec48 AHRQ Tools for Addressing Health Literacy] Video of Cindy Brach MPP, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, discussing tools that can help patients increase their health literacy skills and clinicians decrease health literacy demands.

[http://www.mlanet.org/resources/healthlit/#1 Health Information Literacy: Resources for Health and Information Professionals] ''Medical Library Association''

[http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/367/healthlitclinicians.pdf Health Literacy and Patient Safety: Help patients understand: Manual for Clinicians, 2nd ed. 2007] ''American Medical Association''
::Note: entire kit costs $35 each

[http://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/registration/detailpage.asp?res_id=2074 Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals] '' CDC'' -An online course that introduces participants to the fundamentals of health literacy and demonstrate the importance of health literacy within public health practice. [http://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/registration/detailpage.asp?res_id=2074 Registration page] (CE credits available for physicians, nurses, and others) [http://www.cdc.gov/healthmarketing/healthliteracy/training/ Course page]

[http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/about-ama/ama-foundation/our-programs/public-health/health-literacy-program/health-literacy-kit.shtml Health Literacy Kit] ''American Medical Association '' Note: The health literacy toolkit has recently been re-approved to provide continuing medical education (CME) credit for physicians through May 2012. Designed as self-study CME activities, physicians can earn a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for each activity
[http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/367/cme-instructions.pdf CME information for the health literacy toolkit]

[http://healthlit.fcm.arizona.edu/ Health Literacy Training] ''University of Arizona Department of Family and Community Medicine''

[http://www.jointcommission.org/multimedia/improving-patient-provider-communication---part-1-of-4/ Improving Patient-Provider Communication Video] ''Joint Commission''

[http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol142009/No3Sept09/Health-Literacy-Through-Storytelling.aspx Promoting Health Literacy Through Storytelling] ''The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing'' Vol. 14, No. 3, Manuscript 6

[http://www.hrsa.gov/healthliteracy/ Unified Health Communication: Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency] ''U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration'' -Free, on-line, go-at-your-own-pace training to help health care professionals improve patient-provider communication

::Unified Health Communications 101 (Course ID 1010510). This course offers for continuing education credits -- CEU/CE,CHES,CME,CNE
::Unified Health Communications 100 (Course ID 1010508). This course does not offer continuing education credits
::To register, go to Train.org and choose your course. (Note: The content is the same in both courses. Course 101 provides continuing education units and requires completion of the pre and post test assessments.)

[http://www.bigshouldersdubs.com/clients/AMA/Consent06.htm Uninformed Consent] ''American Medical Association'' Video about consent forms

'''Resources for Health Organizations'''

[http://healthit.ahrq.gov/images/literacy_guide102507/literacy_guide.html?fbr=1193341303546 Accessible Health Information Technology (IT) for Populations with Limited Literacy] -A Guide for Developers and Purchasers of Health IT ''AHRQ ''

[http://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/ Accurate, Accessible and Actionable Health Information for All] ''CDC'' - information and tools to improve health literacy for all organizations that interact and communicate with people about health.

[http://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/6/aroadmapforhospitalsfinalversion727.pdf Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient and Family-Centered Care: A Roadmap for Hospitals] ''The Joint Commission''

[https://www.cahps.ahrq.gov/Surveys-Guidance/Item-Sets/Cultural-Competence.aspx CAHPS Cultural Competence Item Set] ''AHRQ'' -Items designed to capture the cultural competence of health care providers from the patient’s perspective.

[http://www.ahip.org/content/default.aspx?docid=30683 Health Literacy: A Toolkit for Communicators] ''America’s Health Insurance Plans'' -For use by professionals charged with developing health literacy programs and plain language initiatives

[http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=1167 The Health Literacy Environment of Hospitals and Health Centers: Partners for Action: Making Your Healthcare Facility Literacy-Friendly] ''National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy''

[http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=645961 Health Literacy Practices in Primary Care Settings: Examples from the Field], January 11, 2008 Volume 81. ''The Commonwealth Fund'' Report offers 12 recommendations for clinicians, facilities, and researchers

[http://pharmacyhealthliteracy.ahrq.gov/Sites/PharmHealthLiteracy/Default.aspx?pid=748 Health Literacy Tools for Use in Pharmacies] ''AHRQ"

[http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/literacy/ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit] ''University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for AHRQ''

Toolkit designed to help adult and pediatric practices ensure that systems are in place to promote better understanding by all patients.

[http://www.lacnyc.org/resources/healthlit/studycircle/studycircle.htm Professional development framework and sample lesson plans] ''Literacy Assistance Center''

[http://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/18/improving_health_literacy.pdf What Did the Doctor Say?: Improving Health Literacy to Protect Patient Safety] ''Joint Commission''

'''Developing Easy-to-Read/ Print Materials for Patients'''

[http://www.health.gov/healthliteracyonline/ Health Literacy Online: A Guide to Writing and Designing Easy-to-Use Health Web Sites] ''U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion '' -A research-based how-to guide for creating health Web sites.

[http://www.plainlanguage.gov/ PlainLanguage.gov]''Plain Language Action and Information Network''

'''Literacy Assessment and Aid - Tools'''

[http://nchealthliteracy.org/instruments.html Literary Assessment Tools] ''University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill''

[http://www.pfizerhealthliteracy.com/physicians-providers/NewestVitalSign.aspx The Newest Vital Sign] ''Pfizer''
Description and Order Form (available to medical and public health providers and researchers at no cost. The REALM sample kit, instruction manual, laminated patient word lists and scoring sheets are available for purchase from Terry C. Davis, PhD (LSU Medical Center, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71130-3932, tdavis1@lsuhsc.edu)

[http://www.wordscount.info/hw/smog.jsp SMOG] measures readability of pasted text by grade level.

[http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2007/09/7322/simple-tool-improving-doctor-patient-communication-yields-significant-h Visual Medication Schedule] ''Machtinger & Schillinger for UCSF'' - Research findings are reported in the October 2007 issue of the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.

'''Health Literacy Articles/Podcasts'''

[http://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/ Health Literacy Out Loud: Podcast Interviews with Those in the Know about Health Literacy] ''Health Literacy Consulting''

[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703620604575349110536435630.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLESecondNews#articleTabs%3Darticle Taking Medical Jargon Out of Doctor Visits] ''Wall Street Journal'' July 6, 2010

[http://blogs.cdc.gov/healthoutloud/2010/10/21/twitter-me-this-how-can-we-improve-health-literacy/ Twitter Me This: How Can We Improve Health Literacy?] ''CDC'' Health Out Loud Blog October 21, 2010

'''Health Literacy Research'''

[http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tp/lituptp.htm Health Literacy Interventions and Outcomes: An Updated Systematic Review] ''AHRQ ''

[http://www.chrc.uga.edu/research/index.html Health Literacy on Wheels] ''Center for Health and Risk Communication ''

[http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2011/Innovations-in-Health-Literacy.aspx Innovations in Health Literacy: Workshop Summary 2011] ''Institute of Medicine''

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