Organizational Health Literacy Interventions

Accessible Organizational Processes and Educational Modalities

Examples of Organizations and Interventions

• Learn more about personal and organizational health literacy to improve ways health information is found, understood, and create equitable ways to meet patients where they are at: Clear communication by NIH.
• According to Community Language Cooperative, Language Justice is “a key practice used in social justice movements to create shared power, practice inclusion and dismantle traditional systems of oppression that have traditionally disenfranchised non-English speakers.”
• Equity in the Center has key resources language justice and how to support communities.
• The CDC has created a Sexual Health Cultural Competence Resources page for providers and organizations that may serve culturally diverse communities. This resource guide has a self- assessment check list, front desk assistance, and a guide to adapting culturally and linguistically competent health promotion materials.
• Rural Health Literacy Toolkit aims to provide evidence-based resources and tools to support the needs of rural communities in the United States.
• AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit is intended to support providers with helping their patients navigate the health care system and improve understanding of health information.
• The NIH Language Access Program
• See: Individuals with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)