Health Literacy Resources

For Health Literacy Month 2011, we want to remind librarians about the NLM® MEDLINE/PubMed health literacy search ,  one of the NLM Special Queries, that  retrieves a dynamic (continuously updated) PubMed subset of health literacy relevant records.  Users are encouraged to use additional features of PubMed to focus the search or to expand it.  For example, to focus the search, consider using PubMed Limits or adding search terms, such as decision making.  To retrieve a set of citations that are closely related to a selected citation, use the Related Citations feature.

Also, the MEDLINE®/PubMed® and Health Literacy Information Resources page displays the PubMed search strategy (designed specifically for PubMed, not MEDLINE on other systems) and links to other selected sources of health literacy information. 

The NLM and several other NIH Institutes and Centers participate in grants for understanding and promoting health literacy. A statement of health literacy research interests for all participating NIH Institutes and Centers, including NLM, was last updated on July 8, 2010. For more information about NLM health literacy grants, see the Grants and Funding: Extramural Programs links for “Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy.” Grant applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov.

By Marcia Zorn, MA, MLS, NLM Reference and Web Services

 

Photo Credit: Screen shot of Health Literacy Topic-Specific Query used with permission of the National Library of Medicine

October 6, 2011  Tags: health literacy, Health Literacy Month, information resources, PubMed, search, Topic-Specific Queries  Posted in: PubMed, Topic-Specific Queries

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