{"id":18042,"date":"2019-10-01T01:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T01:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/?p=18042"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:38:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:38:32","slug":"explore-health-literacy-with-the-nnlm-reading-club","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/explore-health-literacy-with-the-nnlm-reading-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore Health Literacy with the NNLM Reading Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-18043\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/October_Reading_Club_Book_Covers_190925-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/October_Reading_Club_Book_Covers_190925-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/October_Reading_Club_Book_Covers_190925.jpg 679w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/>Because it can be challenging to find a compatible health provider, choose health insurance coverage, or understand medical terms, organizations have been observing October as Health Literacy Month since 1999. It is a time to bring attention to the importance of making health information easy to understand and making the health care system easier to navigate. But you do not have to wait until October. Any time is a good time to become a more informed health consumer.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to your health, you are your own best advocate. The NNLM Reading Club has selected three books to help you become more knowledgeable and informed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Well: What We Need to Talk About When We Talk About Health <\/em>by Sandro Galea<\/li>\n<li><em>An American Sickness<\/em> by Elisabeth Rosenthal<\/li>\n<li><em>How to be a Patient <\/em>by Sana Goldberg, RN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about each of these titles and to download book discussion guides, promotional materials and corresponding health \u00a0information resources, or to apply for a<em> free<\/em> NNLM Reading Club Book kit, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/book-selections-and-health-resources\/health-information\">Book Selections and Health Resources: Health Information<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because it can be challenging to find a compatible health provider, choose health insurance coverage, or understand medical terms, organizations have been observing October as Health Literacy Month since 1999. It is a time to bring attention to the importance of making health information easy to understand and making the health care system easier to&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/explore-health-literacy-with-the-nnlm-reading-club\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[94,52,9,10,4,11],"tags":[95,119,57,179,124],"class_list":["post-18042","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-all-of-us","category-blog","category-health-literacy","category-health-observances","category-regional-news","category-public-libraries","tag-all-of-us","tag-consumer-health","tag-health-literacy","tag-national-health-observances","tag-public-library"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18042"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18047,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18042\/revisions\/18047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}