Health Literacy: Health Literacy Basics

Defines health literacy and outlines how health professionals can help from the Health Resources & Services Administration.

Overview of health literacy, including research findings and the economic impact of low health literacy from the National Library of Medicine (NLM).

Defines health literacy and outlines how health professionals can help from the Health Resources & Services Administration.

Key tools & resources from the Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion.

Overview of health literacy, places to start, latest news, clinical trials, journal articles, glossaries, and other topics.

Information about health literacy for patients, families, healthcare providers, and policy makers.

A program to promote communication between health care providers & patients in order to improve health outcomes.

OCPL has established the NIH “Clear Communication” initiative that focuses on achieving two key objectives of health literacy: Providing information in the form and with the content that is accessible to specific audiences based on cultural respect. Incorporating plain language approaches and new technologies.

The Health Literacy Studies at Harvard is engaged in a variety of research efforts focused on communication and literacy skills.