Learning Objectives
In this section, the student will:
- Define Health Literacy
- Describe the process of assessing the client for Health Literacy needs
- Use the whole person concept in identifying client needs
- Describe the impact of health literacy on client understanding of his/her health
Resources
- What is Health Literacy?; from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- Quick Guide to Health Literacy; from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- You Can’t Tell by Looking: Assessing a Patient’s Ability to Read & Understand Health Information; © 2006 (rev 2011) AHEC Clear Health Communication Program. The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
- Plain Writing Act of 2010; Public Law 111-274, 111th Congress.
- Questions To Ask Your Doctor; from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Health Communication Activities; from US Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Quick Guide to Health Literacy
- Understanding Health Literacy and its Barriers; from National Library of Medicine,
- Health and Literacy Special Collection; from LINCS
- Health Literacy Studies; Harvard School of Public Health
- Publications; from National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
- The Health Literacy of America’s Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy; from the U.S. Department of Education
- Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals; from the Centers for Disease Control
- Health Literacy Measurement Tools, from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
