LibGuides: Health Information Literacy: Podcasts & Videos

Videos & Presentations

Health Literacy of America's Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy
Web cast was held Wednesday, August 29, 2007. Transcript is available.
Health Literacy (ACP)
The American College of Physicians Foundation (ACP Foundation) has adopted the definition of health literacy developed for the National Library of Medicine and used by Healthy People 2010 (the prevention and health promotion objectives set for the Nation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) ...
"Speak Up" Series
A series of animated videos produced by the Joint Commission and available through YouTube.

This video reviews the Missouri state-wide initiatives to improve the health information literacy of it's citizens. One patient interviewed is Marty. In 2008, he was diagnosed with Stage 4 rectal cancer. After a grueling recovery process, he has been in remission for more than a year. He provides a moving account that details how his situation could have been prevented with better communication between him and his doctors.