Rural health literacy resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2008 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/healthliteracy/ As of May 7, 2008, MedlinePlus has amultilingual feature, providing access to high quality health information inlanguages other than English and Spanish. http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=8645 Mon, 12 May 2008 11:18:16 CST http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=8645 Lists what the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has been doing in the area of health literacy. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/research/healthlit.pdf Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:01:27 CST http://www.ahrq.gov/research/healthlit.pdf Designed for developers and purchasers of health information (IT). -- 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 Summarizes the 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 Freeport ME October 26, 2008 -- Health Literacy Institute http://www.healthliteracyinstitute.net/ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:16:29 CST http://www.healthliteracyinstitute.net/ Freeport ME June 8, 2008 -- Health Literacy Institute http://www.healthliteracyinstitute.net/ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:13:58 CST http://www.healthliteracyinstitute.net/ 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 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 Promotes 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/ 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 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:13:42 CST http://www.mlanet.org/resources/healthlit/index.html 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 identifies patients at risk for low health literacy. http://www.newestvitalsign.org/default.aspx Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:13:47 CST http://www.newestvitalsign.org/default.aspx Aimed at helping public health workers and partners use plain language when writing or speaking about health. Involves communication that people can understand the first time they hear or read it. -- Iowa Department of Public Health http://www.idph.state.ia.us/health_literacy/default.asp Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:08:54 CST http://www.idph.state.ia.us/health_literacy/default.asp 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 practicesmore "user-friendly" to patients with limited health literacy, and give suggestions forimproving interpersonal communication between clinicians and patients. -- 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. Also, 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.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1773027 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:45:29 CST http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1773027 Is a call to action to 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=1390 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=1390 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 Is a resource for developing and improving applications, notices and other print materials related to government programs. It includes examples from real programs and can be used to make materials more client-centered, thus increasing consumers' capacity to find and understand health information and services and to make informed health-related decisions. -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://coveringkidsandfamilies.org/resources/docs/stylemanual.pdf Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:00:00 CST http://coveringkidsandfamilies.org/resources/docs/stylemanual.pdf Contains links to health literacy resources and recommended sites. http://connectforhealth.gwu.edu/resources.htm Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:00:00 CST http://connectforhealth.gwu.edu/resources.htm Contains free health education materials in a number of languages and a variety of formats. Being developed to study the value of these formats in providing health information for diverse populations in a variety of settings. http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/index.htm Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/index.htm Includes health materials and websites with examples of how to integrate health and literacy education, how to get started and engage adult learners, and how to build connections between literacy programs and local health services. -- National Institute for Literacy http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/docs/family/ Thu, 04 May 2006 00:00:00 CST http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/docs/family/ Provides links to research activities regarding health literacy and cultural competency from the years 2002-2005. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/browse/hlitra.htm Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.ahrq.gov/browse/hlitra.htm Provides national leadership regarding literacy, coordinates literacy services and policy, and serves as a national resource for adult education and literacy programs. http://www.nifl.gov/ Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.nifl.gov/ Provides information about health literacy for health care providers, patients, employers, and the media and includes brochures in English and Spanish. Lists questions to ask a doctor, nurse, or pharmacist and tips to better understand personal health. -- Pfizer http://askmethree.org/ Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 CST http://askmethree.org/ Includes information on health literacy including definitions, skills needed for health literacy, background information, the role of the consumer health librarian, and health literacy programs. -- National Network of Libraries of Medicine http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/hlthlit.html Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 CST http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/hlthlit.html