Here are some links to health literacy resources that you may find helpful in your work and research. The links are listed in alphabetical order. If you would like to suggest a link, please email it to mvillaire@iha4health.org.

AMA Foundation's "Health Literacy: Help Your Patients Understand" - www.amafoundation.org

Canadian Public Health Association's National Literacy and Health Program - www.nlhp.cpha.ca

Center on an Aging Society (articles on Health Literacy) - ihcrp.georgetown.edu/agingsociety/projects.html#literacy

Harvard School of Public Health Health Literacy Links - http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/

Health Literacy Month / Helen Osborne Health Literacy Consulting - http://www.healthliteracy.com/

National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) - www.nifl.gov (includes LINCSearch, the National LINCS Literacy Network, www.nifl.gov/lincs/search/search.html)

NCSALL (National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy)/World Education Publications - www.worlded.org/publications.html

New England Literacy Resource Center - www.nelrc.org

Partnership for Clear Health Communication - www.askme3.org

Plain Language.gov - http://plainlanguage.gov

Free PDF copy of Teaching Patients With Low Literacy Skills by Doak, Doak and Root - http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/doak.html

Here is a list of links from NCSALL/World Ed, presented at the Second Annual IHA Health Literacy Conference, May 15-16, 2003, Anaheim, Calif.