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Health Literacy Resources
- ABC - Health LiteracyEmpowers Canadians to manage their health better by increasing confidence when talking and making decisions about health issues.
- CDC Health Literacy ResourcesCenter for Disease Control - This site provides information and tools to improve health literacy and public health.
- Health Literacy in PracticeProvides a snapshot of the substantial and varied range of work taking place to address health literacy in Canada.
- Health Literacy OnlineOffice of Disease Prevention and Promotion - This resource is a tool for developing actionable, usable websites and digital tools to effectively reach those with limited literacy or health literacy skills.
- Health Literacy Tool ShedBoston University - This is an online database of health literacy measures. The site contains information about measures, including their psychometric properties, based on a review of the peer-reviewed literature.
- A Vision for a Health Literate Canada: Report of the Expert Panel on Health LiteracyInvestigating the current state of health literacy in Canada including recommendations on future research, policy and programming initiatives.
Plain Language Resources
Health Literacy by
While health literacy is a relatively new multidisciplinary field, it is vital to the successful engagement with and communication of health with patients, caregivers, and the public.This book 'New Directions in Health Literacy Research, Theory, and Practice' provides an introduction to health literacy research and practice and highlights similar scholarship in related disciplines. The book is organized as follows: the first chapter explains the still-evolving definition of health literacy; the next three chapters discuss developments and new directions in health literacy research, then a further two chapters are devoted to developments and new directions in health literacy theory. Two chapters explore health literacy interventions for vulnerable populations; four chapters cover health literacy leadership efforts; six chapters describe developments and new directions in disciplines that are similar to health literacy; and six chapters portray diverse health literacy practices. A preface from Richard Carmona M.D., the former U.S. Surgeon General, is included in the book.Although the book is intended primarily for health literacy researchers, practitioners and students, the diverse topics and approaches covered will be of interest to all healthcare and public health researchers, practitioners, and students, as well as scholars in related fields, such as health communication, science communication, consumer health informatics, library science, health disparities, and mass communication. As Dr. Carmona concludes in his preface: 'This is essential reading for all health practitioners.'
ISBN: 9781614997900Publication Date: 2017
Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate your Health Message by
Contains strategies on how to meet health communication challenges. It includes a section with tactics in plain language communication.
Call Number: RA440 O825 2005ISBN: 9780763745509Publication Date: 2005
Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works by
Author, Ginny Redish is a world-renowned expert on information design and how to produce clear writing in plain language for the web. All of the invaluable information that she shared in the first edition is included with numerous new examples. New information on content strategy for web sites, search engine optimization (SEO), and social media make this once again the only book you need to own to optimize your writing for the web.
Call Number: Access OnlineISBN: 9780123859310Publication Date: 2012
Health literacy and child health outcomes : promoting effective health communication strategies to improve quality of care by
Teach-Back Technique Show-Me Technique; Encourage Patients to Ask Questions; Limit the Amount of Information and Repeat: Chunk and Check; Strategies for Written Information: Using Pictures and Models and Written Information Effectively; Using Pictures and Models: Patient Education; Using Written Materials and Pictures for Effective Patient Education; Recommendations for Using Pictures in Health Education; References; Chapter 5: Health Literacy and Effective Health Communication in Pediatric Practices and Health Systems: Creating Shame-Free Environments and Patient-Friendly Institutions.
ISBN: 9783319507996Publication Date: 2017
- CDC Clear Communication IndexThe CDC Clear Communication Index (Index) is a research-based tool to help you develop and assess public communication materials.
- CDC Plain Language ResourcesContains a list of resources, created by the CDC, to help you develop and write material in plain language.
- Government of Canada Style Guide - Plain Language These are the rules to create web content that can be easily found, understood and used. They are based on writing principles and techniques that help make web content clear and adapted to the needs of all people. Use it with the Canada.ca Content and Information Specification when you're designing and organizing web content.
- NWT Literacy Council: Plain Language ToolsIncludes a checklist, readability tests, and how to manual for writing or editing reports, brochures and other documents.
- Plain Language: Getting Started or Brushing UpThis NIH website consists of five sections and a checklist you can print. In each section, you will find a number of cards you can flip through to learn about using plain language in your work.
- Toolkit for Making Written Material Clear and EffectiveThis Toolkit, created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, provides a detailed and comprehensive set of tools to help you make written material in printed formats easier for people to read, understand, and use.