Links

Helpful websites

Here are some websites that you may find helpful in your health literacy work or research:

ACP (American College of Physicians) Foundation Health Literacy Links

AHRQ Literacy and Health Outcomes Report

AMA Foundation’s “Health Literacy: Help Your Patients Understand”

Harvard School of Public Health’s health literacy links

Health Literacy Collection

Health Literacy Community

Health Literacy Matters, Institute for Healthcare Advancement

Institute of Medicine’s health literacy topics (includes link to Health Literacy: Prescription to End Confusion)

Literacy Information and Communications System (LINCS)

New England Literacy Resource Center

Plain Language.gov

Teaching Patients With Low Literacy Skills, by Doak, Doak and Root (Free PDF)

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To suggest a website, please email Amy DeMarco, Programs Manager: ademarco@iha4health.org

Learn what the federal programs are doing to support health literacy. You can find good information on these sites.

National Action Plan

Accountable Care Act

Health Literacy implications of the Affordable Care Act

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Health.gov

Healthy People 2020