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1) American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Language access solutions report. |
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Full Report: http://www.acog.org/acog_districts/dist9/2006LanguageAccessSolutionsReport.pdf
Executive summary: http://www.acog.org/acog_districts/dist9/LEPExecutiveSummary.pdf |
| 2) American Medical Association, Health Literacy Video. |
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http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/8035.html |
| 3) Del Guercio, Louis R.M. Multilingual manual for medical history-taking. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingston, 1972. |
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Not available online |
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4) Institute of Medicine, Health literacy: a prescription to end confusion : free executive summary. |
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http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10883.html
PDF copy: http://books.nap.edu/execsumm_pdf/10883.pdf |
| 5) Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, REALM
Information at: |
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http://www.medicalhome.alabama.gov/applications/documentlibrary/2.1.5.3%20PtEd_REALM_Instr.pdf |
| 6) McKinney, Julie and Kurtz-Rossi, Sabrina, Family health and literacy. Boston, MA: World Education, 2006. |
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http://healthliteracy.worlded.org/docs/family/index.htm |
| 7) Medical Library Association, Health literacy resources. |
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http://www.mlanet.org/resources/healthlit/healthlit_resources.html |
| 8) Medical Library Association, Deciphering Medspeak. |
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http://www.mlanet.org/resources/medspeak/ |
| 9) National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus. |
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http://medlineplus.gov/ |
| 10) National Library of Medicine, Information Rx. |
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http://nnlm.gov/hip/infoRx/ |
| 11) Nurss, Joanne R., TOFHLA Information at: |
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http://education.gsu.edu/csal/TOFHLA.htm |
| 12) Pfizer, Ask Me 3 |
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http://www.askme3.org/ |
| 13) Rudd, Rima and Anderson, Jennie, The health literacy environment of hospitals and health centers. |
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http://www.ncsall.net/?id=1163
PDF copy: http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/teach/environ.pdf |
| 14) Westchester Library System, firstfind.info |
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http://www.firstfind.info/ |
| Additional Conference Handouts and Resources |
| Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Questions are the Answer. |
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http://www.ahrq.gov/QuestionsAreTheAnswer |
| Joint Commission, Hospitals, language, and Culture: A Snapshot of the Nation. |
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http://www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/HLC/ |
| Joint Commission, "What Did the Doctor Say?:" Improving Health Literacy to Protect Patient Safety. |
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http://www.jointcommission.org/NewsRoom/PressKits/Health_Literacy/ |
| Pfizer, The Newest Vital Sign: A Health Literacy Assessment Tool |
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http://www.newestvitalsign.org/ |
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Developed by D. Cunningham
Updated 6/11/07, R. Smethurst |
