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There is at the same time a significant gap in the awareness by the public and by opinion-leaders and decision-makers of the contributions that health sciences librarians can make (and are making) to bring order to the chaos.</p> <blockquote> <table class="pagenavtable"> <tr valign="top"><td> <ul> <li><a href="#1">Resources for Health and Information Professionals</a></li> <li><a href="#2">Resources for Health Consumers</a></li> </ul> </td></tr> </table> </blockquote> <a name="1"></a> <h4> <a href="#top"><img src="/web/20080504191115im_/http://mlanet.org/pix/2000/2000bttn_toppg.gif" width="22" height="16" border="0" alt="To top of page"></a>  Resources for Health and Information Professionals</h4> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20080504191115/http://mlanet.org/resources/healthlit/hil_project.html">MLA Health Information Literacy Project</a> [updated December 3, 2007] </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080504191115/http://www.nclis.gov/news/pressrelease/pr2006/2006list.html">2006 NCLIS Awards for Libraries</a> The 2006 National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Health Awards for Libraries celebrate the role of libraries in community-based health promotion. </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080504191115/http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/publications/healthlit/">Adult Education Health Literacy Toolkit</a>, Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center </li> <li><a href="/web/20080504191115/http://mlanet.org/pdf/healthlit/hil_comm_plan.pdf">Communicating Health Information Literacy</a>, a communications plan developed by MLA's Task Force on Health Information Literacy. <img src="/web/20080504191115im_/http://mlanet.org/common/img/software/adobe-pdf.gif" alt="[PDF]"/></li> <li><a href="/web/20080504191115/http://mlanet.org/resources/healthlit/define.html">Definitions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20080504191115/http://mlanet.org/resources/healthlit/healthliteracy.html">Fact Sheet for health educators</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20080504191115/http://mlanet.org/resources/healthlit/healthlit_resources.html">Health Literacy Resources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20080504191115/http://mlanet.org/resources/healthlit/lit_resources.html">Literacy and Information Literacy Resources</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20080504191115/http://mlanet.org/pdf/resources/low_hlth_literacy.pdf">"Low Health Literacy: How it Impacts your Patients</a>," by Jean Blackwell, includes tips on improving communication with patients <img src="/web/20080504191115im_/http://mlanet.org/common/img/software/adobe-pdf.gif" alt="[PDF]"/>. </li> <li><a href="/web/20080504191115/http://mlanet.org/resources/healthlit/tfhil_info.html">MLA Health Information Literacy Task Force</a> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20080504191115/http://mlanet.org/pdf/resources/hil_final_20050420.pdf">Final HIL Task Force Report</a> <img src="/web/20080504191115im_/http://mlanet.org/common/img/software/adobe-pdf.gif" alt="[PDF]"/></li> <li><a href="/web/20080504191115/http://mlanet.org/pdf/resources/hil_survey_results.pdf">Health information literacy survey results</a> <img src="/web/20080504191115im_/http://mlanet.org/common/img/software/adobe-pdf.gif" alt="[PDF]"/> </li> </ul> </li> <li>MLA's Health Information Literacy program: a <a href="/web/20080504191115/http://mlanet.org/pdf/healthlit/hil_brochure_web.pdf">brochure for librarians</a> <img src="/web/20080504191115im_/http://mlanet.org/common/img/software/adobe-pdf.gif" alt="[PDF]"/></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080504191115/http://ns1.mlahq.org/mailman/listinfo/mla-healthlit">MLA-HEALTHLIT discussion list</a></li> <li>National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080504191115/http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthliteracy.html">Health Literacy Website</a> </li> <li>"Reading Between the Lines: Focusing on Health Information Literacy" MLA teleconference resources</li> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20080504191115/http://mlanet.org/education/telecon/healthlit/agenda.html">Agenda</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20080504191115/http://mlanet.org/education/telecon/healthlit/goal.html">Goals</a></li> <li>Order the video or DVD by downloading the <a href="/web/20080504191115/http://mlanet.org/pdf/healthlit/rbtl_hil_tape_form_02.pdf">order form</a> <img src="/web/20080504191115im_/http://mlanet.org/common/img/software/adobe-pdf.gif" alt="[PDF]"/>, or through the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080504191115/http://mlanet.org/order/store/cat/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=literacy">MLANET online store</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Become a specialist with MLA's <a href="/web/20080504191115/http://mlanet.org/education/chc/index.html">Consumer Health Information Specialization</a>! 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