Health Literacy Store

By Helen Osborne & Adam Weiss. This Podcasting Guide is written for you – someone new to or curious about podcasting. It presents practical, how-to podcast information from two very different perspectives: Helen who proudly proclaims her lack-of-techno skills along with Adam who is her very tech-savvy podcast editor. Yes, you can be a podcaster too!

Podcasting Guide is now available as a downloadable PDF for $20.

Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message is an easy-to-use handbook filled with hundreds of ideas and strategies for everyday practice. Many professionals consider this book the most important health literacy reference today.

Now available at Amazon.com prices! 

This Handbook is meant as a guide that all health literacy advocates can use to create, plan, run, and evaluate awareness-raising events. Think of it as a map you can refer to throughout the planning process. The Health Literacy Month Handbook is available in your choice of format:

• Hard copy in a custom 3-ring binder for $68.50 (includes s/h) 
• PDF (downloadable) for $49.00
• 10% discount when ordering 5 or more copies shipped to the same address. Contact Helen Osborne directly at helen@healthliteracy.com

The Health Literacy Success Kit can speed up the learning curve and help you and your organization move forward with health literacy plans. For just $399.00 (including shipping/handling to addresses in the U.S.), you get the tools, resources, and guidance needed to ensure health literacy success.   

This offer is only available in the U.S. due to hefty shipping and phone fees. Please email Helen directly if you are outside the U.S. and want to brainstorm other ways to make this happen, helen@healthliteracy.com

Health Literacy Month stickers. Everyone likes stickers. You can proudly show that your Health Literacy Month event is part of a worldwide initiative by using these stickers on all your promotional materials. Health Literacy Month stickers are 3" squares. They are sold in packages of 100 for $59.00.

Order now and show everyone how much health literacy matters!  

This set includes all 3 Health Literacy Out Loud audio CDs:

• Readability & Understanding
• An Adult Learner's Perspective
• Creating & Using Excellent Written Materials

Mark Hochhauser, Ph.D. is a nationally-known readability expert. In this 25-minute audio interview, he talks with Helen Osborne about readability assessment tools and other ways to measure understanding. He explains problems readability tools can cause and offers alternative ways to measure understanding. 

Archie Willard is a nationally-known and respected health literacy advocate. He also is an adult learner who learned to read when he was 54 years old. In this 25-minute audio interview, Archie talks with Helen Osborne about how reading problems like his can affect a person's health. He shares ways that adult learners and health providers can improve health communication.

Lisa Bernstein is the executive director of the What To Expect Foundation's "Baby Basics Prenatal Health Literacy Program." In this 35-minute audio interview, Lisa talks with Helen Osborne about effective new ways to create and use brochures, handouts, and other patient teaching materials.