Reports and Publications

Publications

Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health (NIH). 2005. Talking With Your Doctor: A Guide for Older People. National Publication No. 05-3452.
IOM. 2007. Cancer in Elderly People: Workshop Proceedings. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
IOM. 2009. Health Literacy, eHealth, and Communication: Putting the Consumer First: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
IOM. 2009. State of the USA Health Indicators: Letter Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
National Institute on Aging. January 2009. Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide. NIA, NIH, USDHHS, Publication No. 09-4258
http://www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Publications/ExerciseGuide/
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health. 2008. Alzheimer's Disease: Unraveling the Mystery. USDDHHS; NIH Publication Number 08-3782
Osborne, H. 2005. Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message. Boston, MA. Jones and Bartlett.
Sandra Cornett, PhD, RN. The Effects of Aging on Health Literacy
http://medicine.osu.edu/ahec/9155.cfm
Susan L. Hughes, Rachel B. Seymour, Richard T. Campbell, Nancy Whitelaw, and Terry Bazzarre. December, 2008. Best-Practice Physical Activity Programs for Older Adults: Findings From the National Impact Study. AJPH
Online at http://www.ajph.org/cgi/reprint/AJPH.2007.131466v1 and on Newswire
Schwartzberg, J., J. VanGeest, and C. Wang (Eds). 2005. Understanding Health Literacy: Implications for Medicine and Public Health. Chicago, IL: American Medical Association (AMA) Press.
White, S. 2008. Assessing the Nation's Health Literacy: Key concepts and findings of the National Assessment of Adult Health Literacy (NAAL). American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation. Chicago, IL.
Zarcadoolas, C., A. Pleasant, and D. Greer. 2006. Advancing Health Literacy: A Framework for Understanding and Action. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass/J. Wiley & Sons.33.

Reports

Americas Health Literacy: Why We Need Accessible Health Information. 8 Page report, produced and released by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.
http://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/issuebrief/2008IssueBrief.pdf
The Social Life of Health Information. The 72-page report is at:http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/8-The-Social-Life-of-Health-Information.aspx
"An Aging World: 2008" This report, commissioned by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), NIH, was produced and released (July 20, 2009) by the U.S. Census Bureau. The full NIH News release is available at:http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jul2009/nia-20.htm
Plain Language Thersaurus for Health Communications (2007) National Center for Health Marketing, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USDHHS.
http://www.nphic.org/files/editor/file/thesaurus_1007.pdf
Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms for Older Adults - An Internet Course for Older Adults, Searching for Health Information Online; National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health (NIH), DHHShttp://nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit/toolkitfiles/pdf/Glossary.pdf
Institute of Medicine (IOM). 2008. Retooling for an Aging America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12089