Health Literacy and Cultural Competency: HHS Resource Links

Consumer Health: Health Literacy.
Go to: http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/hlthlit.html

A Family Physician's Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care.
Go to: https://cccm.thinkculturalhealth.org/

Federal Interagency Working Group on Limited English Proficiency.
Go to: http://www.lep.gov/

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/

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

National Institutes of Health (NIH): Clear Communication.
Go to: http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/ocpl/resources/improvinghealthliteracy.htm

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

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Health Literacy Improvement.
Go to: http://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/default.htm

Office of Minority Health: The Center for Linguistic and Cultural Competence in Health Care.
Go to: http://www.omhrc.gov/cultural/

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. Action Steps for HHS/Health Literacy. In Prevention: A Blueprint for Action (2004).
Go to: http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/blueprint/action.shtml#literacy