SMU LibGuides: Health Literacy & Patient Education: Welcome

Health Literacy

Literacy skills are a stronger predictor of an individual's health status than age, income, employment status, education level or racial/ethnic group. This guide serves as an information and resource hub.

Introduction to Health Literacy - The National Library of Medicine

CDC | Health Literacy - Improving access to healthcare and providing literacy and communication tools.
Healthy People 2030 - Learn how to navigate the evidence-based literature for healthcare.

Know Your Audience: Communicating with Older Adults
Tips on how to effectively communicate with older adults [Helen Osborne]
Health & Education [NIEHS]
The mission of the NIEHS is to research how the environment affects biological systems across the lifespan and to translate this knowledge to reduce disease and promote human health.
Health Topics [MedlinePlus]
Health topics are categorized under demographic groups (children/teenagers, population groups)
Health Topics [Merck Manual - Consumer]
A comprehensive listing of health topics including men and women's health issues and children's health issues.
Prevention and Screening Recommendations [USPSTF]
The latest published recommendations on health topic categories including age group, sex/pregnancy status, and preventive service.
Top Health Websites [Medical Library Association - MLA]
The Consumer and Patient Health Information Services Caucus (CAPHIS) of MLA evaluates websites based on the following criteria: credibility, sponsorship/authorship, content, audience, currency (timeliness), disclosure, purpose, links, design, interactivity, and disclaimers.

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