Easy-to-Read Materials to Help Patients Understand
Cancer
InfoNet
This
site was designed to teach both consumers and health care providers
about online cancer resources, basic internet skills, and credible
cancer Websites. Updated and easy-to-read cancer information is
provided particularly for underserved communities.
http://www.cancerinfonet.org
Healthy
Mothers Have Healthier Babies with Folic Acid: Emma's Story
Limited quantities of the publications are available free of charge.
This new booklet, entitled "Healthy Mothers Have Healthier
Babies with Folic Acid: Emma's Story," is available in both
English and Spanish and is written at a 6th grade level. This
educational booklet tells the story of a wife and husband who
are planning for pregnancy and learn the importance of taking
folic acid before she is pregnant, throughout her pregnancy, and
every day. Users may also browse through a variety of topics.
http://www2.cdc.gov/ncbddd/faorder
Healthy Roads Media
This site contains free audio, written, and multimedia health
education materials in a number of languages. The materials are
organized by health topics from “Abuse” to “Smoking.”
http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/
Massachusetts
General Hospital: Consumer Health Reference Center "Non-English
Language & Health Literacy Resources"
This is a directory of websites offering easy-to-read health education
materials in English and a number of other languages. This website
is no longer being updated. http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/library/chrc/noneng.html
Medline
Plus
Users can search the Medline Plus database of easy-to-read health
information in plain language. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/easytoread/easytoread_a.html
Michigan
Adult Learning & Technology Center: Health Literacy
This website provides a bibliography of health literacy materials,
as well as a list of sources of easy-to-read patient education
materials, plus a list of sources for clip-art. Most of these
materials must be ordered.
http://www.malt.cmich.edu/healthlit.htm
Oregon
Health and Science University: Patient Education Resources for
Clinicians
This resource of the Oregon Health and Science University offers
handouts for low-literacy patients. http://www.ohsu.edu/library/patiented/links.shtml#lowlit
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