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

http://zarcbark.blogspot.com/


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