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Health Literacy and Patient Education

This guide was created for health professionals who have an interest in health literacy, patient education and making healthcare information understandable to all. It provides links to books and journals, as well as other quality sources.

Electronic Books

Health Literacy in Primary Care by Gloria G. Mayer; Michael Villaire
ISBN: 9780826102294
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
Health Literacy, eHealth, and Communication by Roundtable on Health Literacy; Institute of Medicine Staff; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice Staff; Lyla M. Hernandez (General Rapporteur)
ISBN: 9780309126427
Publication Date: 2009-04-07
Promoting Health Literacy to Encourage Prevention and Wellness by Roundtable on Health Literacy; Institute of Medicine
ISBN: 9780309215770
Publication Date: 2011-10-31
Teaching Patients with Low Literacy Skills by Cecilia C. Doak; Leonard G. Doak; Jane H. Root
ISBN: 9780397551613
Publication Date: 1995-07-14
Book or selected chapters can be downloaded for free through this link.
Toward Health Equity and Patient-Centeredness by Samantha Chao (General Rapporteur); Karen Anderson (General Rapporteur); Lyla Hernandez (General Rapporteur); Roundtable on Health Disparities Staff; Science of Health Care Quality Improvement and Implementation Staff; Roundtable on Health Literacy Staff;
ISBN: 9780309127493
Publication Date: 2009-03-11
Health Literacy in Nursing by Terri Ann Parnell
ISBN: 9780826161727
Publication Date: 2014-07-01
NYU-affiliated users may request this title through the InterLibrary Loan Service.
Health Literacy by I. Kickbusch; World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe Staff
ISBN: 9289000155
Publication Date: 2013-11-01

Search PubMed

Search PubMED for current articles about health literacy. Limits: core clinical journals, humans, English language.

Key Guides to Download

AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Tooklit
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) and User’s Guide

Institute of Medicine (IOM) Publications

Health Literacy by Lynn Nielsen-Bohlman (Editor); Institute of Medicine Staff (Contribution by); David A. Kindig (Editor); Allison M. Panzer (Editor); Health Literacy Committee
ISBN: 9780309091176
Publication Date: 2004-06-30
Health Literacy Implications for Health Care Reform by Roundtable on Health Literacy; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Institute of Medicine
ISBN: 9780309164160
Publication Date: 2011-06-20
Improving Health Literacy Within a State by Roundtable on Health Literacy; Institute of Medicine
ISBN: 9780309215725
Publication Date: 2011-11-07
Innovations in Health Literacy by Roundtable on Health Literacy Staff; Institute of Medicine Staff; Cori Vancheri (General Rapporteur); Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice Staff
ISBN: 9780309161855
Publication Date: 2011-03-21
Measures of Health Literacy by Roundtable on Health Literacy; Institute of Medicine
ISBN: 9780309139809
Publication Date: 2009-11-30
Promoting Health Literacy to Encourage Prevention and Wellness by Roundtable on Health Literacy; Institute of Medicine
ISBN: 9780309215770
Publication Date: 2011-10-31

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Subjects: 5. For Nurses, 6. For Patients, Patient Education

Tags: consumer health, health literacy, patient education

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