Health Literacy & Patient Education

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.

• 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.     

• Introduction to Health Literacy. The National Library of Medicine Guide                                                                                                                                       

Online Resources

• Health and Education 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.
• Medical Library Association | Top Health Websites

  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.

• MedlinePlus - Health Topics  Health topics by demographic groups (children/teenagers, population groups). 

• National Cancer Institute - What is Cancer? Video Series This video series by the National Cancer Institute breaks these concepts down into bite-sized, sharable animations.
• United States Preventive Services Task Force The latest recommendations health topic categories including age group, sex/pregnancy status, and preventive service.