Health Literacy Links
Instructional Resources
Medical Information, including plain-language information
Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Healthcare Advocacy
Online Bibliography
Instructional Resources
- ESL Flow: Lessons for Teaching the Human Body
- ESL Flow: Food & Eating
- Breaking News English
Provides newspaper articles about health prepared for use in the classroom - One Stop English
Provides intermediate and advanced lesson plans, focusing on vocabulary that relate to hospital - SABES Health Page
- Educational Testing Service
Presents the Literacy and Health in America (2004) report by R. Rudd and I. Kirsch - Harvard School of Public Health’s Health Literacy Studies
- LINCS Health & Literacy Special Collection
- Easy-to-Read Health Education
- California Health Literacy Initiative
- Virginia Adult Education Health Literacy Toolkit
- El Paso Collaborative-Health Literacy Curriculum
- Health Literacy Resources & Programs for Adult ESL
From the Center for Adult English Language Acquisition - EL Civics Health Curriculum
From the Charlottesville (VA) City Schools Adult Education Program - Health and Safety Adult Learning Stories
From the California Distance Learning Project - Institute for Health Advancement
Sponsors an annual health literacy conference and publishes health literacy materials for students and instructors
Medical Information
- New York Immigration Coalition
Provides frequently asked questions about immigrant eligibility for public health coverage & access to health care for uninsured immigrants - Hite Site
An online directory of low cost health and social services - New York Online Access to Health (NOAH)
Provides consumer health information in English and Spanish - Health Literacy Network
From British Columbia seeks to raise awareness of health literacy and share knowledge about accessible health literacy information - wwMedline Plus Interactive Health Tutorials
On a variety of diseases - Ask Me 3
Provides three questions patients should ask their doctors - Healthy People 2010
U.S. government’s national health focus - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Provides an alphabetical index of diseases and illnesses - American Academy of Family Physicians
Provides an alphabetical listing of health conditions and a medical dictionary - New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Provides community health profiles of NYC neighborhoods and health topics in alphabetical order - Center for Health Care Strategies
Offers fact sheets and information on developing patient education material - Food and Drug Administration Easy-to-Read Publications
Cross-Cultural Perspectives
- Diversity Rx
Offers information on meeting the health needs of multicultural populations - Cross Cultural Health Care Program
Healthcare Advocacy
- National Health Law Program
Dedicated to helping low income people deal the healthcare system - New York City Managed Care Consumer Assistance
- New York-based Center for Medical Consumers
Online Bibliography
- Understanding Health Literacy and Its Barriers
A bibliography of selections 1998-2003
