Health Literacy

Canadian Public Health Association. A Directory of Plain Language Health Resources. Ottawa: CPHA, 2000

Doak, Cecilia C., Leonard G. Doak, and Jane H. Root. Teaching Patients With Low Literacy Skills. 2d ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Co., 1996.

hrsa.gov/healthliteracy/training.htm

Free online training in health literacy from the US Department of Health and Human Services.

http://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/

Listen to health literacy advocate Helen Osborne’s podcast interviews with remarkable people working in this field.

health.gov/communication/literacy

A wealth of health literacy information on the US Department of Health and Human Services site, sponsored by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

www.cdc.gov/ccindex/

An online questionnaire from the Centres for Disease Control helps you to evaluate the readability of your health communications.