National Health Education Week

AHCJ is a nonprofit organization, seeking to increase public understanding of health care issues, while promoting quality, accuracy, and visibility within the field of health care journalism.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s page on understanding health literacy and its importance.

Audio podcast interviews about health literacy.

This website, coordinated by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, uses data to develop national health and wellness objectives.

The Institute for Healthcare Advancement is a nonprofit organization, which focuses on healthcare and improving health literacy.

A service of the National Library of Medicine, this website acts as a health information resource for patients and families.

Health Literacy information and resources from the National Institute of Health.

Information about healthcare and health data for the state of Virginia.

Medspeak definitions from the Medical Library Association.

Information from the World Health Organization on improving worldwide health literacy.