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IMPROVE HEALTH LITERACY FOR BETTER HEALTH

Better health literacy is associated with better health. Become informed about health issues with these local, state, and national health resources. Choose one of the options below to begin learning:

Looking for health information in easy-to-understand language? Explore the Consumer Health page.
Interested in websites and resources for healthcare professionals? Go to the Biomedicine page.
Need scholarly information? Use the FIU Libraries' health sciences databases.

HEALTH LITERACY RESOURCES

Health Literacy Month
"Be a health literacy hero!" The official website for Health Literacy Month.
CDC: Health Literacy
Website with information and tools to improve health literacy and public health.
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Includes an online course, activities by state, guidelines for writing about health information, and much more.
Florida Health Literacy Initiative
Health literacy page with resources maintained by the Florida Literacy Coalition.
Health Literacy at health.gov
Overview of health literacy with tools, reports and research, and related resources.
Health Literacy Outreach
Overview of health literacy outreach by Penny Glassman of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region, with definitions, facts, and resources.
AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
Toolkit provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for healthcare professionals with forms, posters, and other materials to help health consumers.
Health Literacy Online A Guide for Simplifying the User Experience
This research-based guide will help you develop intuitive health websites and digital tools that can be easily accessed and understood by all users — including the millions of Americans who struggle to find, process, and use online health information.

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