Text Books / Reports
Zarcadoolas, C., Pleasant, A. & Greer, D.S. (2006). Advancing Health Literacy: a framework for understanding and action. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Nielsen-Bohlman, L., Panzer, A. M., & Kindig, D. A. (Eds.) (2004). Health literacy: A prescription to end confusion. Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Retrieved Feb. 1, 2005, from http://www.iom.edu/report.asp?id=19723
Understanding Health Literacy and its Barriers. National Library of Medicine. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/cbm/healthliteracybarriers.html
Current Bibliographies in Medicine 2004-1
MEDLINE/PubMed Search and Health Literacy Information Resources. National Library of Medicine. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/health_literacy.html
Proceedings of the Surgeon General’s Workshop on Improving Health Literacy
September 7, 2006, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/healthliteracy/toc.htm
Health and Literacy Compendium http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/comp/index.html
Bibliographies and Resources
Health Literacy. American Medical Society Foundation. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/8115.html 515 North State Street Chicago, Illinois 60610
National Literacy and Health Program. Canadian Public Health Association. http://www.nlhp.cpha.ca/ Promotes awareness among health professionals of the links between literacy and health.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/index.html Harvard School of Public Health Department of Society, Human Development and Health 677 Huntington Avenue, 7th Floor Boston, MA 02115
Medical Library Association http://www.mlanet.org/resources/healthlit/ 65 East Wacker Place, Suite 1900 Chicago, IL 60601-7246 Tel., 312.419.9094 Fax, 312.419.8950
Annotated Bibliographies: Health, Communication and Literacy
http://www.centreforliteracy.qc.ca/pubs.htm#biblios The Centre for Literacy of Quebec 3040 Sherbrooke Street West, Room 4B. 1-6, Montreal, QC H3Z 1A4, Canada Phone: 514-931-8731 Fax: 514-931-5181 Email: info@centreforliteracy.qc.ca
Movement for Canadian Literacy (MCL) http://www.literacy.ca/about/about.htm A national non-profit organization representing literacy coalitions, organizations, and individuals
National Institute for Literacy http://www.nifl.gov/ 1775 I Street N.W., Suite 730 Washington DC 20006-2401 Phone: 202-233-2025
World Education, Health and Literacy Initiative http://www.worlded.org/ 44 Farnsworth Street Boston, MA 02111-1211 Phone: 617-482-9485 Fax: 617-482-0617
Health Literacy Listservs
National Institute for Literacy
www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Healthliteracy Complete the form on the National Institute for Literacy website.
Blogs
Curricula / Training Resources
http://advancinghealthliteracy.com/curricula.html
Health Literacy Center, University of New England http://www.une.edu/hlit/ Area Health Education Center Program 11 Hills Beach Road Biddeford, ME 04005 Phone: 207-283-0171