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Health Literacy Fact Sheets

Internet URL

http://www.chcs.org/publications3960/publications_show.htm?doc_id=291711  External Links Disclaimer Logo

Sponsoring Agency

Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.

Description

This page links to a series of nine fact sheets created by the Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. for those who are 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.

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Review Date

9/22/2006

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