Rural health literacy resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2009 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/healthliteracy/ A guide to health literacy for government employees, grantees and contractors, and community partners working in healthcare and public health fields. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/quickguide/Quickguide.pdf Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:53:17 CST http://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/quickguide/Quickguide.pdf Provides reports from quality research in formats for consumers, clinicians, and policymakers. Several resources are available in Spanish. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:51:55 CST http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm Targeted grants in five areas: Health of Women, Children & Families, Obesity Awareness & Prevention, Patient/Doctor Communications & Health Literacy, Disparities in Health Care, and Connection Between a Healthy Mind & Body. -- CIGNA Foundation http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2127 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:33:38 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2127 Summarizes; through bulleted text, charts, and graphs; key findings from and presents policy implications of the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL). -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/issuebrief/2008IssueBrief.pdf Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:47:36 CST http://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/issuebrief/2008IssueBrief.pdf Discusses how adults living with a disability or chronic disease are less likely than others to look for health information online, but once online, they are avid health consumers. -- Pew Internet and American Life Project http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2007/EPatients_Chronic_Conditions_2007.pdf.pdf Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:47:04 CST http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2007/EPatients_Chronic_Conditions_2007.pdf.pdf Reports and interprets key findings from a national survey of older Americans that was conducted to determine how seniors use the Internet for health information. -- Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/entmedia/upload/e-Health-and-the-Elderly-How-Seniors-Use-the-Internet-for-Health-Information-Key-Findings-From-a-National-Survey-of-Older-Americans-Survey-Report.pdf Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:41:24 CST http://www.kff.org/entmedia/upload/e-Health-and-the-Elderly-How-Seniors-Use-the-Internet-for-Health-Information-Key-Findings-From-a-National-Survey-of-Older-Americans-Survey-Report.pdf Provides information to health-care professionals, patients, family members, medical faculty, and others about emerging issues concerning the safe and effective use of drugs, devices, and biological products. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.chainonline.org/content.cfm?menu_id=119&portal=1 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:53:36 CST http://www.chainonline.org/content.cfm?menu_id=119&portal=1 Designed to help instructors and administrators better understand the problem of health literacy as it affects their adult learners. Provides resources to aid in curriculum and lesson plan development for use in adult health literacy education. -- Virginia Adult Learning Center http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/publications/healthlit/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:19:01 CST http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/publications/healthlit/ Serves as a toolkit for trainers that help older adults find reliable, up-to-date online health information on their own. Designed for beginner or intermediate students. Kit includes an introductory video, lesson plans, and other training tools. -- National Institute on Aging http://nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit/toolkit.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:44:22 CST http://nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit/toolkit.html Describes the outcomes of the federal study, NAAL, and how its implications affect the health care of patients with limited health literacy. -- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/367/hl_report_2008.pdf Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:55:27 CST http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/367/hl_report_2008.pdf Provides hospitals, health systems, clinics, and health plans information and resources for systematically collecting race, ethnicity, and primary language data from patients. -- American Hospital Association http://www.hretdisparities.org/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:27:52 CST http://www.hretdisparities.org/ Provides links to tools, government resources, plus reports and research to aid in improving health literacy. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/default.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:12:00 CST http://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/default.htm Provides Hispanic consumers free reliable and confidential health information in Spanish and English and helps navigate callers through the health system. Nationwide resources and local referral services are provided depending on the need of the caller. -- National Alliance for Hispanic Health http://www.hispanichealth.org/sufamilia/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:55:02 CST http://www.hispanichealth.org/sufamilia/ Provides access to consumer health information in languages other than English. -- National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.html Thu, 29 May 2008 18:42:12 CST http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.html Designed to provide developers and purchasers of health information technology with structure, strategies, and other resources. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_3882_803031_0_0_18/LiteracyGuide.pdf Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:04:15 CST http://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_3882_803031_0_0_18/LiteracyGuide.pdf Lists and describes research supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to improve health literacy as it pertains to prevention, healthy living, chronic disease management, patient-centered health care, cultural competence, and health disparities. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/research/healthlit.pdf Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:02:22 CST http://www.ahrq.gov/research/healthlit.pdf Reports on the findings from a 2005 study in which the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved did an online survey of health care facilities across the country and then followed up with visits to five selected sites, including rural, for staff and patient interviews. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=645961 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:09:46 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=645961 Serves as free online training. Course can be taken for credit (CEU/CE, CHES, CME, CNE) or not for credit. Course addresses health literacy, cultural competency and patient communication skills. -- Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.hrsa.gov/healthliteracy/training.htm Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:40:31 CST http://www.hrsa.gov/healthliteracy/training.htm Provides tools to conduct a pharmacy health literacy assessment. Tools could be adapted for a rural pharmacy. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/pharmlit/ Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:22:07 CST http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/pharmlit/ Defines low literacy and identifies how low literacy affects the health status of adults. http://www.mlanet.org/pdf/resources/low_hlth_literacy.pdf Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:19:59 CST http://www.mlanet.org/pdf/resources/low_hlth_literacy.pdf Created for those designing patient education materials for consumers with low health literacy skills. The sheets define health literacy, describe its impact on health outcomes, provide strategies to prepare appropriate educational materials to assist low-literate consumers, and provide resources for additional health literacy information and publications. -- Center for Health Care Strategies http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Health_Literacy_Fact_Sheets.pdf Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:12:10 CST http://www.chcs.org/usr_doc/Health_Literacy_Fact_Sheets.pdf Works to promote high quality health care services for low-income populations and people with chronic illnesses and disabilities. http://www.chcs.org/ Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:08:42 CST http://www.chcs.org/ Offers a collection of resources and documents on health literacy for health and information professionals and for health consumers. -- Medical Library Association http://www.mlanet.org/resources/healthlit/index.html?focus_20090625 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:13:42 CST http://www.mlanet.org/resources/healthlit/index.html?focus_20090625 Provides many health literacy resources including a Health Literacy Provider Toolkit. Includes information for patients, cultural competency resources, and physician resources. http://www.rihlp.org/index.cfm Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:06:47 CST http://www.rihlp.org/index.cfm Is a bilingual (English and Spanish) screening tool that helps to identify patients at risk for low health literacy. -- Pfizer http://www.clearhealthcommunication.com/physicians-providers/newest-vital-sign.html Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:13:47 CST http://www.clearhealthcommunication.com/physicians-providers/newest-vital-sign.html Discusses the problem of limited health literacy and its consequences for the healthcare system. Provides practical tips for clinicians to use in making their office practices more "user-friendly" to patients with limited health literacy, and give suggestions for improving interpersonal communication between clinicians and patients. Serves as a manual for clinicians. -- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/367/healthlitclinicians.pdf Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:26:20 CST http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/367/healthlitclinicians.pdf Discusses health literacy issues which place patients at greater risk of preventable adverse events. Discusses how cultural, language, and communication barriers can potentially lead to misunderstandings between patients and their health care providers. -- Joint Commission http://www.jointcommission.org/NR/rdonlyres/D5248B2E-E7E6-4121-8874-99C7B4888301/0/improving_health_literacy.pdf Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:08:22 CST http://www.jointcommission.org/NR/rdonlyres/D5248B2E-E7E6-4121-8874-99C7B4888301/0/improving_health_literacy.pdf Discusses the Colonias Project, an 18-month outreach project with the goal of increasing the usage of MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en espaol and overcoming associated problems with health literacy in low-income, medically underserved Hispanic communities (colonias) along the Texas-Mexico border, where residents primarily speak Spanish. -- Medical Library Association http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1773027/ Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:45:29 CST http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1773027/ Acts as a call to action for policymakers to make health literacy a central pillar in health policy discussions, research and action at an international, national, and local level. -- Pfizer http://www.ilcuk.org.uk/files/pdf_pdf_3.pdf Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.ilcuk.org.uk/files/pdf_pdf_3.pdf Grants to encourage empirical research on health literacy concepts, theory and interventions. -- National Institutes of Health http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1363 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1363