TTUHSC El Paso Library: Consumer Health and Patient Education: Health Literacy

What is Health Literacy

CDC: Health Literacy - information and tolls to improve health literacy and public health
Health Literacy at health.gov - health literacy with tools, reports and research, and related resources.

Ask Me 3 - The program encourages patients to ask their health care providers questions: What is my main problem? What do I need to do? Why is it important for me to do this?
Talking with Your Older Patient: A Clinician's Handbook - provided by the National Institute on Aging
What Did the Doctor Say? - Improving Health Literacy to Protect Patient Safety provided by the Joint Commission

Clear & Simple - produced by National Institutes of Health materials for people with limited-literacy
Health Literacy Guide - guide that will assist in developing health websites & digital tools.
Simply Put - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - is designed to assist health communicators in developing audience-appropriate information and communicating effectively with people with low-literacy skills.