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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 >

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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 >

Medical Library Association  

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

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

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 >

Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.  

This page links to health literacy resources on the Web, including organizations and articles.... Details >

Association of Clinicians for the Underserved  

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

An individual is considered to be "health literate" when he or she possesses the skills to understand information and services and use them to make appropriate decisions about health.... Details >

Office of Communications and Public Liaison, National Institutes of Health

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 >

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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

This page links to a quick and reference guide on health literacy that is divided into three sections. The first section contains a series of fact sheets on health literacy, including a basic overview... Details >

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

This article presents an overview of health literacy, the ability to read, understand and act on health information. The article provides health literacy statistics and looks at literacy levels of adu... Details >

Partnership for Clear Health Communication