Health Literacy Audio CDs

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.