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This article talks about the problems that this country faces with low health literacy among their patients. It talks about some of the reasons for people having low health literacy and also when the health literacy problem started to gain the interest of the country. This article states some ways to identify patients that have low health literacy. It also tell you how to talk to a patient with low health literacy to avoid the most confusion.

Reyes, Darcel. "My First Patient as a Nurse Practitioner: A Man With Low Literacy." International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications 21.4 (Oct 2010): 177-181. Web. 24 Nov 2010. This article is a sotry about a Nurse Practitioner and he experience with a man who had very low health literacy. She talks about the importance of knowing the level of literacy in patients before diagnosing them. She thinks that special tools should be used to evaluate the level of health literacy a patient has. She says that not knowing the level or literacy could result in an improper diagnosis/ treatment which could be more harmful to the patient.

This article is about health literacy and many of its aspects. This article defines what health literacy is. It states what skills are needed for health literacy. It shares the effect economic statuses have on low health literacy. It shares some statistics about the connection between people with low health literacy and poor health. This article also gives names of some health literacy organizations and programs.

Mancuso, Josephine M. "Assessment and measurement of health literacy: An integrative review if the literature." Nursing and Health Sciences 11.1 (Mar 2009): 77-89. Web. 24 Nov 2010. The main purpose of this article is to relate health literacy to many other aspects of healthcare, including health knowledge, health behaviors, health outcomes, and the costs of healthcare. This article is trying to find out what is already being done to make people more health literate and what can be done to improve this in the future. Graphs are also shown in this article of two instruments used to measure health literacy: Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM) and the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults(TOFHLA). It shows the studies on these graphs and the conclusions that they came up with about the health literacy in Americans. The main goal in all of this research is too improve health care in all of its aspects.

Squellati, Robin. "Health Literacy: Understanding Basic Information." Creative Nursing 16.3 (2010): 110-114. Web. 24 Nov 2010. This article is about the concern of health literacy in Americans today. It tells of the importance of being able to obtain, processm and understand basic health information. Many of the healthcare providers out there are nurses, and, according to this article, they can help decrease the amount of patients with low health literacy. This article also states that health literacy can have an impact on an idividuals health status and the cost of health care in general. There is a big need for nurses to educate their patients about their health and health literacy in general.

Cornett, Sandy. "Assessing and Addressing Health Literacy." Online Journal of Issues in Nursing 14.3 (2009). EBSCOhost. Web. 24 Nov 2010. This article states that we must first be able to identify a patient with low health literacy to be able to communicate with them effectivly. This article gives guidance on how to identify a patients literacy level. It also states how to do things that can increase the overall levels of health literacy. It states that even if someone has high literacy levels that doesnt mean that they will always understand all of their health and health care information. Another idea that was brought up in this article is that one must also form a comfortable environment for patients to become more health literate.

Easton, Phyllis, Vikki A Entwistle, and Brian Williams. "Health in the 'hidden population' of people with low literacy. A systematic review of the literature." BMC Public Health. 10 (2010): 459-468. Web. 19 Nov 2010. This paper talks about the connectino between low health literacy and poor health. It hypothesizes that people with cognative difficulties and people who do not speak the dominent language of the country are more likely to have health literacy problems.

Rowlands, Gillian. "Health Literacy and Long-Term Conditions" Primary Health Care 19.7 (Sept 2009): 16-20. Web. 24 Nov 2010. This article talks about the importance of one's ability to understand the health information that is given to them. This is information is important for people when making decisions regarding their health. There is also a case study about a middle aged man and how his health literacy affects his health. This article also states what can be done to improve an individual's health literacy.

Macario, Everly, et al. "Factors Influencing Nutrition Education for Patients with Low Literacy." Journal of the American Dietetics Association 96.5 (1998): 559-564. OhioLink Web. 20 Nov. 2010. This article talks about the influences of nutrition on people with low literacy. They help those who are unaware of the effects of nutrition and how much exactly it can affect your learning. Although this reflects patients with low literacy skills it can apply for almost everyone with ow literacy skills.

This paper talks about the connectino between low health literacy and poor health. It hypothesizes that people with cognative difficulties and people who do not speak the dominent language of the country are more likely to have health literacy problems.

Kezar, Adrianna. "Financial Literacy, a Key to Success for Low-Income Students." Chronicle of Higher Education 56.35 (2010): A26. Ebsco. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. This article talks about how people from low income backgrounds are often behind the others when it comes to financial literacy. The problem starts with education, many students are not being educated about finances. If the grant programs went through the lives of those that are from low income families would be improved.

This article is about how social economic class is related to a students academic performance. More specifically, this article was about how poverty is related to academic achievement in the United States. The article studied the of socio-economic (SES) status on educational achievement and early literacy. It also looked at programs they have been installed to help low-income families and communities overcome learning problems associated with their economic status.

By: Sicat, Brigitte L.; Hill, Lilian H.. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Nov2005, Vol. 69 Issue 4, p460-466, 7p This article is about giving new Pharmacy students the knowledge of the health literacy problem during this era, and the task to try and solve this issue. They are shown and taught the possible consequences for these people who are illiterate when it comes to health literacy, and the tools to solve this problem.

MACARIO, EVERLY, et al. "Factors Influencing Nutrition Education for Patients with Low Literacy Skills." Journal of the American Dietetic Association 98.5 (1998), 559-564. This article discusses factors that influence people's choice of eating, these factors include cultural differences, children, and not know what is healthy. This article interviews professionals asking about the literacy of their patients, how they know this, and how they would help them to make healthy eating choices. Finally, this article talks about the time different health care providers spend with their patients and how this also influences their patients habits.