Health Literacy Innovations Publications
National Survey of Medicaid Guidelines for Health Literacy-
The "National Survey of Medicaid Guidelines for Health Literacy" reveals that many Americans have low health literacy levels, making it difficult for them to understand their health care information. Despite this, most health care materials are produced at a high reading level.
The survey focused on Medicaid guidelines and found that the majority of states have health literacy standards. However, the responsibility for compliance varies. States are encouraged to continue setting reading level requirements and support staff in promoting health literacy for better understanding of health information.
Health Literacy Innovations Newsletter-
To help writers understand and best use readability indices to simplify information for health care consumers, Health Literacy Innovations offers its series of free newsletters.
Health Literacy & Plain Language Resource Guide, 2nd Edition-
Compiled from resources from around the globe, this unique health literacy guide gives users basic, yet important information to help health communicators understand the difference between literacy, plain language, and low health literacy. It further delivers more than a dozen comprehensive sections that include plans, toolkit, guides, initiatives, training, technology, conference opportunities, and more. As an update to HLI’s previous Health Literacy & Plain Language Guide, the Second Edition includes 50 additional pages of timely resources.