Publicly available

There are many resources available on the internet to support health literacy practice and the use of teach-back. Here are just a few:

Links to National Action Plans and Statements for Health Literacy

• Australia
• Europe
• Germany
• Scotland
• USA

Additional resources about teach-back and health literacy

• Australia: Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health: Using teach-back via an interpreter
• Australia: Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania: Health literacy
• Scotland: National Health Service: The Health Literacy Place
• New Zealand Government: Background information about health literacy
• USA. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Teach-back: Interactive Module Slides
• USA. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, 2nd Edition
• Unity Point Health: Always use teach-back

Plain language resources

• Plain language medical dictionary 
• Readability formulae
• Plain language editing and writing
• Style Manual (Australian Government)
• Plain Language Association International