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Initiatives et ressources de la littératie en santé en langue française : Analyse et évaluation des données

Project Documentation | Published in 2012
Authored by The Centre for Literacy

Le Centre vient de compléter un recensement des ressources et des outils disponibles en français pour le développement de la littératie en santé. We have just completed a scan of French-language resources and tools related to health literacy. 

 

Report on the Lire/Imagine/Read Project at the Montreal Children's Hospital

Project Documentation | Published in 2009

A report on the literacy promotion project at the Montreal Children's Hospital. This report covers the years 2006-2008.

Measuring health literacy: A challenge to curriculum design and evaluation

Research Brief | Published in 2008
Authored by Andrew Pleasant

There is a growing interest in health literacy and in developing curricula for health care providers and for the general public. However, developing curriculum without accompanying evaluation plans is like starting a race without a finish line, and current measures of health literacy are not up to the task of evaluating curriculum. This research brief critically reviews the literature on health literacy measures and proposes a future direction.

Audiotapes and literacy: A summary of current research

Research Brief | Published in 2004
Authored by Linda Shohet; Samantha Green

This is the second in a series of briefs that focus on evaluative research into the use of alternative means of health communication; these include plain language, audiotapes, videotapes, interactive media, and visual images. Searches were conducted of the medical and education literatures as part of a Health Literacy Project that examined the communication needs of patients with limited literacy or other communication barriers. The guiding question was: ‘What impacts have been documented in relation to the identified
target groups?’

Plain language and patient education: A summary of current research

Research Brief | Published in 2003
Authored by Tannis Atkinson

This is the first in a series of briefs that focus on evaluative research into the use of alternative means of health communication; they include plain language, audiotapes, videotapes, interactive media, and visual images. Searches of the medical and education literatures were conducted as part of a Health Literacy Project that examined the communication needs of patients with limited literacy or other communication barriers. The guiding question for these searches was: ‘What impacts have been documented in
relation to the identified target groups?’

Health, Communication and Literacy (1998)

Institute Document | Published in 1998

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