In 2007-2008, NTCC undertook the Health Literacy Initiative to provide resources and guidance to the field on creating more health literate tobacco cessation materials.
The following activities were conducted:
- Develop an outreach plan and disseminate the Health Literacy Checklist to a wider audience.
- Conduct a needs assessment (via Zoomerang survey) of NTCC members, state health departments and quitline vendors to determine what types of assistance are needed to integrate health literacy principles into tobacco cessation materials and services.
- Collaborate with AHRQ to incorporate health literacy principles into the new PHS guidelines and supporting materials.
- Develop a bibliography of health literacy research sources as well as fact sheets summarizing recent research.
Health literacy activities are now part of National Priority #1.
Resources
- NTCC Health Literacy Trainings:
On-site trainings are available on the principles of health literacy and how to integrate them into tobacco cessation materials and services. Contact Todd Phillips at tphillip@aed.org.
- Health Literacy Checklist
- AED IOM Health Literacy Video
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