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Health Communication, Health Literacy, and e-Health

Improving health communication and utilizing health technologies are essential to promoting individual and population health. Find key tools, research and reports, and resources for public health and ... Details >

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Communication in Cancer Care

Good communication between patients, family caregivers, and the health care team is very important in cancer care. ... Details >

National Cancer Institute

How to Talk to Your Doctor or Nurse - (PDF)

Waiting in your doctor's office can make you feel nervous, impatient, or even scared. Knowing how to talk to your doctor, nurse, or other members of your health care team will help you get the informa... Details >

Office on Women's Health

Introduction to Plain Language at NIH

Part of the NIH mission is to reach all Americans with health information they can use, and to communicate in a way that helps people to easily understand research results. Read about the Plain Langu... Details >

Office of Communications and Public Liaison, National Institutes of Health

Cancer Risk: What Does That Newspaper Article Really Say?

Newspapers often publish summaries of recent medical studies that claim to have found new ways to lower your risk for cancer. Learn how to analyze what you read so that you can judge the accuracy and ... Details >

National Cancer Institute

Clear Communication: A NIH Health Literacy Initiative

Find information on the NIH Clear Communication program, including educational products, lessons learned, and research in the area of health literacy. ... Details >

Office of Communications and Public Liaison, National Institutes of Health

Getting the Most Out of Your Next Checkup (Podcast)

Also available in: Spanish 

This page presents an audio program interview with AHRQ Director, Dr. Carolyn Clancy, discussing questions to ask during your visit with a primary care health professional.... Details >

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Health Communication Basics

Learn how health communication and social marketing practices are used to create social change by changing people's attitudes, external structures, and/or modify or eliminate certain behaviors. ... Details >

National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Health Literacy Online: A Guide to Writing and Designing Easy-to-Use Health Web Sites

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) offers this how-to guide for creating health Web sites and Web content for the millions of A... Details >

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Health Literacy: Free Online Course

Unified Health Communication (UHC): Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency is free, on-line, go-at-your-own-pace training that has helped more than 4,000 heal... Details >

Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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