Health Literacy Month
- International Health Literacy Month: finding the right words for better health (www.healthliteracymonth.org) Advocacy website created to raise awareness about the importance of understandable health information.
- Health Literacy : A Prescription to End Confusion Nearly half of all American adults have difficulty understanding and using health information. Limited health literacy may lead to billions of dollars in avoidable health care costs. Institute of Medicine Report, April 2004.
- New Evidence Report Illustrates Links Between Health Literacy and Health Care Use and Outcomes Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Evidence Report on Literacy and Health Outcomes, April 2004.
- National Standards for School Health Education Education Resource Information Center (ERIC) Digest (1995).
- Health Literacy Links From the Harvard School of Public Health: Health Literacy Studies Web Site. Available at: http:www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy.
- Health Literacy Toolkit Health Literacy Educational Kits available from the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation for informing physicians, health care professionals and patient advocates about health literacy.
- October Content Editor, Joanne Rich Information Management Librarian, Health Sciences Libraries.
News
- Piecing Together the Research Puzzle Library liaisons can customize a demonstration or class on the most up-to-date methods for using web-based tools and other resources to help you save time, search smarter, and track your impact. [posted 9/29/04 taj]
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