Health literacy is a growing concern in the United States, especially given the increase in the age of the population and of people with limited English proficiency. The following resources are for health care practionaers, adult literacy teachers and health care consumers.
Harvard School of Public Health: Health Literacy Studies
www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/
Health Information Partners: Connect for Health
http://www.connectforhealth.gwu.edu/
Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA): Health Literacy
www.hrsa.gov/healthliteracy/
Institute of Medicine (IOM): Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion
www.iom.edu/?id=19750
National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM): Health Literacy
www.nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/hlthlit.html
Northwest Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Health Literacy
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