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Patient Education & Health Literacy: English Language Materials

Patient Education & Health Literacy resources

Patient Education Materials

Boston Children's health education library
Care Guides from Your Clinician (University of Michigan)
ClinicalKey Patient Education
DeafHealth: Health Education in American Sign Language
Easy-to-Read Health Books (Institute for Healthcare Advancement) For purchase. For family & child health. Available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Enhanced Recovery (University of North Carolina) Includes link to Spanish versions
Healthfinder.gov
HealthReach: Health Information in Many Languages (National Library of Medicine) See Health Collections or browse topics in the A - Z list.
Heart Disease Glossary
HON (Health on the Net)
InformedHealth.org (German; in English) InformedHealth.org is the English-language version of the German website Gesundheitsinformation.de. The website addresses both patients and (healthy) consumers by offering a wide range of different topics.
Know Your Chances: Understanding Health Statistics Written for the non-health care professional & health care consumers.
MedLinePLUS easy-to-read health materials
Merck Manual Consumer Version
MicroMedex CareNotes
Multicultural Health (Queensland, Australia) Various health topics & languages (Croatian, Dinka, French, Karen, Khmer, Swahili, Thai, Vietnamese.)
Plain Language Pediatrics (American Academy of Pediatrics) Patient information handouts; English & Spanish
UpToDate - The Basics / Beyond the Basics Has Spanish language versions as well

BagIt.org - Cancer Resources