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Toolkits, guides and useful information in English

Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit

Implementing the AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit: Practical ideas for Primary Care Practices

Organizational Health Literacy Toolkit

HeLLO TAS! Toolkit - Toolkit for Health Literacy Learning Organizations

Patient and family engagement module of the CUSP Toolkit

Building Health Literate Organizations: A guidebook to achieving organizational change

The Gippsland Guide to becoming a Health Literate Organization

Make it easy: a handbook for becoming a Health Literate Organization

NALA Guide on becoming Literacy Friendly Organization

A Checklist for Health Literate Organizations

Health Literacy Online: A guide for simplifying the user experience

Health IT Literacy Guide

The health literacy environment of hospitals and health centers: Making your healthcare facility literacy‐friendly

Making Health Literacy real: The beginnings of my organization’s plan for action

Health Literacy Framework: A guide to action

Health Literacy Review: A guide

“What did the doctor say?:” Improving Health Literacy to protect patient safety

Always Use Teach-back! Toolkit

 

Toolkits, guides and useful information in German

Praxisleitfaden zur Entwicklung einer gesundheitskompetenten Organisation

Methodenbox: Die gesundheitsbezogene Sozialversicherung

Make it easy: a handbook for becoming a Health Literate Organization

Toolbox - Gesundheitskompetenz im eigenen Bereich umsetzen