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AHRQ Health Literacy and Cultural Competency Page
This page from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides links to research activities, reports, and other publications and resources on health literacy and cultural competency.... Details >
Health Information Literacy 
The popular media and professional journals alike are increasingly carrying reports and studies of the difficulties and frustrations health professionals and patients face in coping with the barrage o... Details >
Health Literacy and Health Outcomes
Choosing a healthy lifestyle, knowing how to seek medical care, and taking advantage of preventive measures require that people understand and use health information. The ability to obtain, process, a... Details >
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Literacy Basics
This fact sheet provides health literacy basics, including definitions of literacy, plain language, and cultural and linguistic competency. The fact sheet also discusses why health literacy is importa... Details >
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Literacy Fact Sheets
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 sk... Details >
Health Literacy Resources
This page links to health literacy resources on the Web, including organizations and articles.... Details >
HRSA Health Literacy Page
This page from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provides background information on health literacy, including definition, prevalen... Details >
Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Improving Health Literacy
Similar to our traditional understanding of literacy, health literacy incorporates a range of abilities: to read, comprehend, and analyze information; decode instructions, symbols, charts, and diagram... Details >
Office of Communications and Public Liaison, National Institutes of Health
Literacy and Health Outcomes: Summary
Studies reveal that low literacy is associated with poor understanding of written or spoken medical advice, adverse health outcomes, and negative effects on the health of the population. Given that lo... Details >
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Health Literacy Improvement
Health Literacy is the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promoti... Details >
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services