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Moving Health Literacy Together

Health Literacy Basics

What is health literacy?
Health literacy statistics
Benefits of improving health literacy
Health literacy fact sheets

Screening and Assessment Tools

Newest Vital Sign (NVS) (English) and NVS (Spanish) – a quick 6-question screening using an ice cream nutrition label
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM) – a word recognition test assessing medical vocabulary
Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (S-TOFHLA) – evaluates reading comprehension and numeracy
BRIEF Health Literacy Screening Tool (BRIEF) - consists of four questions designed to detect inadequate and inadequate/marginal health literacy

Patient Communication Resources

Training and Continuing Education

MHLT: Module 1 - Health Literacy Fundamentals
MHLT: Module 2 - Health Literacy as a Social Determinant of Health
MHLT: Module 3 - Integrating Helth Literacy into Practice
MHLT: Module 4 - Navigating Health Care Teams and Relevant Health Literacy Resources
Other Training Resources
Videos

Implementation Resources

Client/Patient Empowerment Resources

Helpful Strategies

Interacting with patients/clients
Building trust
Red flags for health literacy
Tip sheet

Other Resources

Michigan’s Roadmap to Healthy Communities
MDHHS SDOH Hubs
Michigan 211
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Regional Health Alliances