Health Literacy Links

The links collected on these pages  an introduction to the concept of "Health Literacy," and represent the best efforts of various non-profit, government, and educational agencies to raise awareness of the issue and promote best practices in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.

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General Information on Health and Literacy

Background Document on Health and Literacy - The Centre for Literacy
www.centreforliteracy.qc.ca/health/finalsum/bd/bdcover.html

Health and Literacy: Perspectives in 2002 - Linda Shohet: The Centre for Literacy
www.staff.vu.edu.au/alnarc/onlineforum/AL_pap_shohet.htm

Health Literacy - U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration 
www.hrsa.gov/healthliteracy/

Health Literacy Fact Sheets - Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
www.chcs.org/publications3960/publications_show.htm?doc_id=291711

Health Literacy Facts and Statistics - Health and Literacy Special Collection. National Institute for Literacy
www.worlded.org/us/health/lincs/facts.htm

Health Literacy: A New Field, New Opportunities - World Education
www.healthliteracy.worlded.org/docs/tutorial/SWF/flashcheck/main.htm

Health Literacy Studies - The Harvard School of Public Health and the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy

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