The
links
collected on
these pages offer 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.
Contact our librarian-researcher for more information, by e-mail or by phone at (514) 798-5601.
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to main
Health Literacy portal
Health
and Literacy
Issues
Health Education [See also the Health Education Resources page]
Health Information –
Libraries
Health Information – Technology
Health Information Resources - Writing and Design [See also Plain Language: Tips, Tools and Tutorials]
Literacy Promotion in Health Care Settings
Translation and Interpretation
Asian
American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training (AANCART)
http://www.aancart.org/
See also the Health Education Resources page
www.centreforliteracy.qc.ca/Healthlitinst/Calgary_Charter.htm
Communicating Health
Information: A Needs Assessment of Health Professionals
in PEI
http://library.nald.ca/item/6900
Health Promotion Clearinghouse
www.hpclearinghouse.ca/
Teaching
Patients with Low Literacy Skills
(online book) by Doak,
Doak, & Root, 1996, Second
Edition,
www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/doak.html
Health Information – Libraries
Health Information
– Technology
www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/31487/HealthLit6.aspx
Accessibility- Lighthouse International
http://www.lighthouse.org/accessibility/
Good
Medicine
for Seniors: Guidelines for Plain Language and Good Design in
Prescription
Medication
http://www.nald.ca/library/research/senior-e/cover2.htm
Health
Literacy Style Manual - Southern Institute on
Children and Families
http://coveringkidsandfamilies.org/resources/docs/stylemanual.pdf
www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/staffpubs/od/ocpl/agingchecklist.html
Adult
Working Group's Cross-National Consultations on Health and Learning -
Final
Report on Adults with HIV / AIDS by Sue Folinsbee, Wendy
Kraglund-Gauthier,
Hélène Grégoire, Allan Quigley (2008)
http://library.nald.ca/item/8058
Literacy Promotion in Health Care Settings
Jan Lariviere and Linda Shohet [PDF, 516 K]
www.caphc.org/documents_annual/2007/poster_abstracts.pdf
No. 85 on p. 110 of the publication
Controversies in Healthcare Safety – Presentation by Linda
Shohet at the Halifax 7
Conference,
Oct. 2007
www.buksa.com/halifax/docs/H7/H7-007_Shohet.pdf
www.centreforliteracy.qc.ca/whatsnew/cpsinl_may08_EN.pdf
Association of Medical Illustrators
International
Pharmaceutical Federation (search site using term
‘Pictogram’)
Using Pictures for Low Literacy Health Education Materials: Jan. 8-12, 2007 (online discussion forum)
A
Vision for a Health Literate Canada: Report of the Expert Panel on
Health
Literacy
Irving
Rootman and Deborah Gordon-El-Bihbety
http://www.cpha.ca/uploads/portals/h-l/report_e.pdf
The
Baby
Basics Prenatal Heath
Literacy Program - What
To
Expect Foundation
http://www.whattoexpect.org/baby_basics
See also Seniors
on the Health Education Resources page
Good
Medicine for Seniors:
Guidelines for Plain Language and Good Design in Prescription Medication
www.nald.ca/library/research/senior-e/cover2.htm
Translation and Interpretation
Asian American Network for
Cancer
Awareness, Research and Training (AANCART)
http://www.aancart.org/
www.hablamosjuntos.org/
Signage and Spanish-language materials and interpretation services
To learn more about available health literacy or plain language resources, contact The Centre for Literacy's librarian at:
Tel: (514) 798-5601