Health Literacy: Additional AHRQ and HHS Resources
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Contents
For Patients and Consumers
For Health Care Professionals
For Policymakers
Research and Data
Funding and Grants
Patient and Consumer Resources
Audio and Video
Advice Column — Resources to Help You Stay Healthy in the New Year
Friday, December 14, 2012
As the New Year gets closer, it’s a good time to think about how to stay healthy in 2013.
Podcast: Understanding Your Health Information
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
What you can do to reduce your health risks.
Podcast: Health Literacy
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, hospitals, and the patient play a key role in understanding and using health information.
Feature: The Latest AHRQ Data Shows a Decline in Ischemic Strokes
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Ischemic strokes caused by blocked blood flow to the brain are on the decline.
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Feature: Genetic Testing Needs to be Better Monitored
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Genetic testing is growing in popularity but are these tests really helpful?
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Feature: Training Geared to Improve Clinician Teamwork
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
TeamSTEPPS is a training program designed to improve communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals.
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Feature: Consumer Tips for Choosing a Hospital
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
People often have a choice of where they get their hospital care. But how do you pick the right hospital for you?
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Feature: Tools Designed to Help Pharmacists Communicate Better with Patients
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
A look at how pharmacists are promoting patient health literacy.
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Radiocast: Comparing Blood Pressure Medications
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Which type of medication is better at controlling high blood pressure
Other Patient and Consumer Resources
FDA.gov Understanding Over-the-Counter Medicines
MedlinePlus Health Information in Multiple Languages
Health Care Professional Resources
Clinicians & Providers
CAHPS® Item Set for Addressing Health Literacy (assessment of organizational health literacy)
CMS Written Materials Toolkit/
AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange
AHRQ Pharmacy Health Literacy Center
Hospitals & Health System Resources
About the CAHPS Item Set for Addressing Health Literacy
Policymaker Resources
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Go to: http://www.cdc.gov/healthmarketing/healthliteracy/
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Go to: http://www.cms.gov/WrittenMaterialsToolkit/
Consumer Health: Health Literacy.
Go to: http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/hlthlit.html
Federal Interagency Working Group on Limited English Proficiency.
Go to: http://www.lep.gov/
Food and Drug Administration: Medicines in My Home.
Go to: http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely/UnderstandingOver-the-CounterMedicines/ucm092139.htm
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Health Literacy.
Go to: http://www.hrsa.gov/healthliteracy/
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Cultural Competence Resources for Health Care Providers.
Go to: http://www.hrsa.gov/culturalcompetence/
healthfinder.gov.
Go to: http://www.healthfinder.gov/default.aspx
MedlinePlus: Easy-to-Read.
Go to: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/easytoread/easytoread_a.html
MedlinePlus: Health Information in Multiple Languages
Go to: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.html
MedlinePlus: Health Literacy
Go to: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthliteracy.html
National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA): Easy-to-Read Drug Facts.
Go to: http://www.easyread.drugabuse.gov
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Clear Communication: An NIH Health Literacy Initiative.
Go to: http://www.nih.gov/clearcommunication/
National Library of Medicine (NLM) Current Bibliographies in Medicine 2004-1. Understanding Health Literacy and Its Barriers.
Go to: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/cbm/healthliteracybarriers.html
National Library of Medicine (NLM) Consumer Health Literacy
Go to: http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/hlthlit.html
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Health Literacy Improvement.
Go to: http://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/default.htm
http://www.health.gov/communication/HLActionPlan/
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Health Literacy Online Guide.
Go to: http://www.health.gov/healthliteracyonline
Office of Minority Health: The Center for Linguistic and Cultural Competence in Health Care.
Go to: http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=1&lvlID=3
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce. Healthy People 2010. Goal 11: Health Communication.
Go to: http://phpartners.org/hp/health_comm.html
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Improvement of Health Literacy. In Communicating Health: Priorities and Strategies for Progress (2003).
Go to: http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/projects/healthcomm/objective2.htm
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Scope of the Problem: Health Literacy. In Prevention: A Blueprint for Action (2004).
Go to: http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/blueprint/scope.shtml#literacy
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Health Communication and Health Information Technology.
Go to: http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?topicid=18
Research and Data
CAHPS® Item Set for Addressing Health Literacy (assessment of organizational health literacy)
(http://cahps.ahrq.gov/clinician_group/)
About the CAHPS Item Set for Addressing Health Literacy
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Literacy and Health Outcomes (AHRQ Archives)
Articles of Interest Alert, February 10, 2012:
New federal policy initiatives to boost health literacy can help the nation move beyond the cycle of costly 'crisis care'
Articles of Interest Alert, February 3, 2012:
Accuracy of data entry of patient race/ethnicity/ancestry and preferred spoken language in an ambulatory care setting
Health literacy: why is it important?
Articles of Interest Alert, January 27, 2012:
Attributes of a health literate organization
Articles of Interest Alert, December 9, 2011:
Communication strategies to improve HIV treatment adherence
Low health literacy
Articles of Interest Alert, December 2, 2011:
Health literacy and depression in the context of home visitation
Articles of Interest Alert, November 18, 2011:
Expert communication training for providers in community health centers
Articles of Interest Alert, October 28, 2011:
How to get patients to ask—and doctors to listen. When patients ask questions, their health improves
Internet health information seeking behavior and antiretroviral adherence in persons living with HIV/AIDS
Patient-centred communication: a sophisticated procedure
Culturally sensitive collaborative care models: exploration of a community-based health center
Does your patient really understand? Cut jargon, ask direct questions, simplify signage among the ways to aid communication—and care
Bridging the digital divide in health care: the role of health information technology in addressing racial and ethnic disparities
Articles of Interest Alert, October 7, 2011:
Development and validation of a Spanish diabetes-specific numeracy measure: DNT-15 Latino
Articles of Interest Alert, September 16, 2011:
Caring for patients with limited health literacy: a 76-year-old man with multiple medical problems
Articles of Interest Alert, July 29, 2011:
Critical health literacy: A review and critical analysis
Articles of Interest Alert, June 3, 2011:
Effectiveness of a Web-based colorectal cancer screening patient decision aid: a randomized controlled trial in a mixed-literacy population
Articles of Interest Alert, May 20, 2011:
Health literacy: critical opportunities for social work leadership in health care and research
Articles of Interest Alert, April 1, 2011:
Critical appraisal of health literacy indices revealed variable underlying constructs, narrow content and psychometric weaknesses
Articles of Interest Alert, March 19, 2010:
Health literacy instrument in family medicine: the "newest vital sign" ease of use and correlates
Articles of Interest Alert, March 12, 2010:
Consumer and health literacy: The need to better design tobacco-cessation product packaging, labels, and inserts
Articles of Interest Alert, March 5, 2010:
Have you thought about your patients' health literacy today?
Decision-making role preferences among patients with HIV: associations with patient and provider characteristics and communication behaviors
Results of the Medications At Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) study: an analysis of medication reconciliation errors and risk factors at hospital admission
Caregiving and chronic care: the guided care program for families and friends
Articles of Interest Alert, February 19, 2010:
Health literacy in the context of HIV treatment: introducing the Brief Estimate of Health Knowledge and Action
Articles of Interest Alert, February 12, 2010:
The impact of health literacy on self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with diabetes receiving care in an inner-city hospital
Articles of Interest Alert, January 29, 2010:
The challenge of shared decision making among patients with lower literacy: a framework for research and development
Articles of Interest Alert, December 11, 2009:
The role of culture in health literacy and chronic disease screening and management
Articles of Interest Alert, December 4, 2009:
The impact of patients' participation on physicians' patient-centered communication
Health literacy rates in a sample of active duty military personnel
Articles of Interest Alert, November 13, 2009:
Health literacy and children: recommendations for action
Introduction: Child health disparities and health literacy
Health literacy and child health outcomes: a systematic review of the literature
Health literacy and quality: focus on chronic illness care and patient safety
Literacy and learning in health care
The health literacy of parents in the United States: a nationally representative study
Articles of Interest Alert, September 11, 2009:
An evaluation of the relationship between the implementation of a newly designed prescription drug label at target pharmacies and health outcomes
Articles of Interest Alert, April 18, 2008:
Association between cancer risk perception and screening behavior among diverse women
Language and regional differences in evaluations of Medicare managed care by Hispanics
Articles of Interest Alert, October 26, 2007:
Health literacy: An overlooked factor in understanding HIV health disparities
Articles of Interest Alert, November 24, 2006:
When do older adults turn to the Internet for health information? Findings from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
Do content and format affect older consumers use of comparative information in a Medicare health plan choice? Results from a controlled experiment
Articles of Interest Alert, November 17, 2006:
Cancer communication patterns and the influence of patient characteristics: disparities in information-giving and affective behaviors
Health literacy is a predictor of HIV/AIDS knowledge
Articles of Interest Alert, February 10, 2006:
Public education and cancer control
Articles of Interest Alert, February 3, 2006:
Women's views of prenatal violence screening: acceptability and confidentiality issues
Literacy and knowledge, attitudes, and behavior about colorectal cancer screening
Articles of Interest Alert, January 6, 2006:
The value of experience: differences in knowledge among Medicare beneficiaries
Health Literacy Improvement Resources from Patient Safety Network
Informed Consent
Resources from Patient Safety Network
http://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/#reports
Funding and Grants
Funding Opportunities
AHRQ Health Services Research (R01)
AHRQ Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants (R18)
AHRQ Conference Grant Program (R13)
Adaptation of Consumer Guides for Patients with Low Health
Engaging Parents with Low Health Literacy in Designing Hospital Public Reports
Low-Literacy Populations
Using IT for Patient-Centered Communication and Decision Making about Medications
Assessing Anticoagulation Therapy Management Services
Low Maternal Health Literacy: An Obstacle to Pediatric Health Care Utilitzation
Collaborative Management of Indigent Diabetic Patients
Hospital Patient Safe-D(ischarge): A Discharge Bundle for Patients
Improving Diabetes Efforts across Language and Literacy
Patient-Centeredness in Care of Vulnerable Populations
Working with the Urban Underserved in the UCSF CRN
Information Technology
Conversational IT for Better, Safer Pediatric Primary Care
Tailored DVD to Improve Medication Management for Low Literate Elderly Patients
Implementing a low-literacy, multimedia IT system to enhance patient-centered cancer care
Computer Assisted Medication and Patient Information Interface (CAMPII)
Harnessing Health IT for Self-Management Support and Medication Activation in a Medicaid Health Plan
Informative Technology: Linking Parents and Providers
Shared Decision Making—Prostate Cancer Screening by Couples
Web Based Renal Transplant Patient Medication Education
Using IT for Patient-Centered Communication and Decision Making about Medications
