Just What Did the Doctor Order?: Addressing Low Health Literacy in North Carolina (August 2007)
Includes a list of recommendations for addressing low health literacy.
(Source: North Carolina Institute of Medicine)
Literacy in Washington State (Presented August 2007) (PPT)
An overview of literacy rates among adults in Washington.
(Source: Literacy Network of Washington)
Health Literacy and Mortality Among Older Persons (July 2007)(PDF)
A study found that elderly people with low health literacy had a greater risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than those with adequate health literacy.
(Source: Archives of Internal Medicine)
What Did the Doctor Say? Improving Health Literacy to Protect Patient Safety (2006) (PDF)
(Source: Joint Commission)
Health Literacy Interventions (November 2006) (PDF)
A summary of the evidence for different approaches to addressing the problems related to low health literacy, including providing information in alternative formats (pictograms, video) and targeting specific populations.
(Source: Picker Institute)
Surgeon General's Workshop on Improving Health Literacy (September 2006) (PDF)
Workshop participants examined the public health consequences of limited health literacy and evidence for various approaches to addressing the problem.
(Source: National Institutes of Health)
Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion
(Source: Institute of Medicine 2004)
Literacy and Health Outcomes
(Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2004)
The Health Literacy of America’s Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy
(Source: National Assessment of Adult Literacy)
Health Literacy Overview
Research on the impacts of low health literacy, along with web links and other resources.
(Source: The National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
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