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Health Literacy http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthliteracy.html
- From Medline Plus
- Provides a definition for Health Literacy
- Lists many resources by topic
- Last updated: September 8, 2010
Questions Are the Answer http://www.ahrq.gov/questionsaretheanswer/
- A great resource for the consumer
- Provides a section about questions that one should ask a doctor
- See the question builder which creates a list of questions to print for a doctor visit
- Last updated: no date
Decifering Medspeak http://www.mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/medspeaka_d.html
- From the Medical Library Association
- A possible source for someone to use to better understand what the doctor is saying
- Organizes terms alphabetically and includes an index by letter
- Last updated: May 23, 2007
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Item set for Health Literacy https://www.cahps.ahrq.gov/content/products/HL/PROD_HL_Intro.asp?p=1021&s=215
- Provides a method that allows a patient to assess health care providers on the
- ability to provide useful information in the health care setting
- ability to deal with health literacy
- Last updated: October 14,2009
Time to Talk CARDIO http://www.timetotalkcardio.com
- Intended for both patients and health care professionals
- Aims to improve communication skills regarding heart health
- Provides tools for assessing and improving skills
- Last updated: 2009
Healthy Roads Media http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org
- Offers free materials in a variety of languages and formats (19 languages, 6 formats)
- Provides information on wide range of health topics (100+ topics)
- Last updated: 2010