What is health literacy and why is it important to consider when teaching patients? How can we effectively educate and communicate with patients? How is Covid-19 impacting health literacy? Check out my interview with Ms. Jean Shipman, a librarian emerita and former President of the Medical Library Association.

Additional Resources:

- Health Literacy in Action Conference https://hlia-harcconf.org/

- North Carolina Program for Health Literacy. (2014). The teach-back method. Retrieved from http://www.nchealthliteracy.org/toolkit/tool5.pdf

- UNC-CH Assessment tool list: https://hsl.lib.unc.edu/health-literacy/assessing-health-literacy/

- HHS Plain Language checklists - https://www.plainlanguage.gov/resources/checklists/

- CDC - Everyday Words for Public Health Communication https://www.cdc.gov/healthcommunication/everydaywords/

- The Health Literacy Data Map, http://healthliteracymap.unc.edu/

- Searchable map of health literacy estimates for the entire United States http://bit.ly/271301r.

- Health Literacy Importance(from U.S. Dept. Health & Human Services) https://health.gov/news/201912/hhs-leaders-highlight-importance-health-literacy

- Health Literacy Online (from health.gov) at http://health.gov/healthliteracyonline/ Works through an online form to create content.

- Health Literacy Studies: Assessing Materials (Harvard School of Public Health) at http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/assessing-and-developing-materials/

- Health Literacy Studies at Harvard: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/

- CE health literacy modules for physicians, nurses, therapists, counselors, and all health practitioners providing direct or indirect patient care: https://healthliteracy.osu.edu/modules

Health Literacy and Teaching Patients with Jean Shipman

Teaching In MedicineBy Kathleen TimmeOct 05, 2020