MEDLINE/PubMed Search and Health Literacy Information Resources
Health Literacy Search
The MEDLINE/PubMed health literacy search retrieves citations to English language journal literature. See details of the search strategy below.
Search Details
The Reference and Web Services Section of the National Library of Medicine created and maintains this health literacy search strategy.
"health literacy" OR
“health literate” OR
“medical literacy” OR
(health [ti] AND
literacy [ti]) OR
(functional [tw] AND
health [tw] AND
literacy [tw]) OR
((low-literate [ti] OR
low-literacy[ti] OR
literacy[ti] OR
illiteracy[ti] OR
literate[ti] OR
illiterate[ti] OR
reading [mh] OR
comprehension [mh]) AND
(health promotion [major] OR
health education [major] OR
patient education [major] OR
communication barriers [major] OR
communication [major:noexp] OR
health knowledge, attitudes, practice [major] OR
attitude to health[major])) OR
(comprehension [major] AND
educational status [major])OR
(family [ti] AND
literacy [ti])OR
(("drug labeling"
OR Prescriptions, drug [mh])
AND "comprehension"))OR numeracy
OR ((cancer[ti] OR diabetes[ti] OR genetic[ti]) AND (literacy[ti] OR comprehension[ti]))
OR “adult literacy” OR
“limited literacy” OR
“patient literacy” OR
“patient understanding”[ti] OR
(self care [major] AND perception[mh]) OR
(comprehension AND food labeling[mh])
AND English [la]
Health Literacy Information Resources
- Research Underway in Health Literacy Supported by NIH
http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/ocpl/resources/healthliteracyresearch.htm - Clear Communication: an NIH Health Literacy Initiative (National Institutes of Health)
http://www.nih.gov/clearcommunication/index.htm - Current Bibliographies in Medicine 2000-1: Health Literacy (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive/20061214/pubs/cbm/hliteracy.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive/20061214/pubs/cbm/hliteracy.pdf - NLM Current Bibliographies in Medicine 2004-1: Understanding Health Literacy and its Barriers
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/cbm/healthliteracybarriers.html - IOM Workshop on Measures of Health Literacy Presentations Feb 26, 2009 (Open Presentations on right)
- IOM Roundtables on Health Literacy
http://www.iom.edu/Activities/PublicHealth/HealthLiteracy.aspx - Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Workshop on Improving Health Literacy Sep 7, 2006, NIH, Bethesda, MD
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/healthliteracy/toc.htm - HHS National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy Released May 27, 2010
http://www.health.gov/communication/HLActionPlan - AHRQ tools and information for implementing the HHS Health Literacy Action Plan
http://www.ahrq.gov/browse/hlitix.htm - American Health Insurance Professionals (AHIP) Health Literacy Assessment Tools
http://www.ahip.org/HealthLiteracy/ - Health Literacy: Tools for Improving Health Communications Conference Virtual Tool Kit (Public Health Information Partners)
http://library.nymc.edu/PHInformatics/hltoolkit.cfm - AMA Foundation Health Literacy Resources
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/about-ama/ama-foundation/our-programs/public-health/health-literacy-program/health-literacy-kit.page - HRSA Health Literacy
http://www.hrsa.gov/healthliteracy/ - PlainLanguage.gov Health Literacy
http://www.plainlanguage.gov/populartopics/health_literacy/ - Health Literacy Improvement links (ODPHP)
http://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/ - Health Literacy Practices in Primary Care Settings: Examples From the Field Summary & link to Commonwealth Fund report, Jan 2008
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Publications/Fund-Reports/2008/Jan/Health-Literacy-Practices-in-Primary-Care-Settings--Examples-From-the-Field.aspx - Health Literacy Resources (ACPF)
http://www.acpfoundation.org/health-literacy-programs/ - "'What Did the Doctor Say?:' Improving Health Literacy to Protect Patient Safety (Joint Commission)
http://www.jointcommission.org/What_Did_the_Doctor_Say/ - Health Literacy Research Conference (HARC 2) 2010
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/healthliteracyconference/ - HARC 1 Oct 19-20, 2009 Presentations
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/healthliteracyconference/2009-conference/schedule-of-events/ - Teaching Patients with Low Literacy Skills, 2nd Ed. (Doak, Doak & Root)
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/resources/teaching-patients-with-low-literacy-skills/ - The Health Literacy Environment of Hospitals and Health Centers (NCSALL)
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=1163 - National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) Health Literacy
http://nces.ed.gov/NAAL/health.asp - BU Health Literacy Annual Research Conference (HARC) 2011 Agenda with links to content
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/healthliteracyconference/2011-conference-agenda/ - Kentucky Conference on Health Communication: "Health Literacy Research and Practice" 2012
http://comm.uky.edu/kchc/program
