Health Literacy Links

Benefits CheckUp.org (National Council on Aging) - http://www.benefitscheckup.org/

Center for Health Studies - http://centerforhealthstudies.org/

Center for Healthy Aging - http://www.healthyagingprograms.org/

Health Literacy Institute - http://www.healthliteracyinstitute.net/

Healthy Roads Media - http://healthyroadsmedia.org/

Institute for Healthcare Advancement - http://iha4health.org/

Missouri Foundation for Health (Health Literacy Enhancement Program) - http://www.mffh.org/pag2.html

Ohio State University Health Literacy Resources (PDF) - http://medicine.osu.edu/sitetool/sites/pdfs/ahecpublic/HL_Resources_for_Website.pdf

Partnership for Clear Health Communication - http://www.npsf.org/pchc/

Health Literacy Dictionaries/Translation Tools

Center for Health Studies Readability Toolkit - http://centerforhealthstudies.org/sciresc/readability/readability_home.html

Health Information Translations - http://healthinfotranslations.org/

Pfizer Clear Health Communication Initiative - http://www.pfizerhealthliteracy.com/media/words-to-watch.html

Plain English Lexicon - http://www.clearest.co.uk/files/PlainEnglishLexicon.pdf

Plain Language.gov - http://plainlanguage.gov/

Health Literacy Research

Focus on Basics (PDF) - http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/fob/2008/fob_9b.pdf

Harvard School of Public Health - Health Literacy Literature - http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/literature.html

Jakob Nielsen about web usability and lower literacy design - http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20050314.html

National Institutes of Health - Computers and Health Literacy - http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/ocpl/resources/healthliteracyresearch.htm

North Carolina Department of Public Health - http://www.nciom.org/projects/health_literacy/literacy.html