For Health Literacy Month in October, we are sharing a list of titles that focus on education about health information and making information about personal and public health easier to understand.
Books for Health Literacy Month
By Coll Rowe | September 27 2024 | Health
A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER
9780593230695
The riveting, pulse-pounding story of a year in the life of an emergency room doctor trying to steer his patients and colleagues through a crushing pandemic and a violent summer, amidst a healthcare system that seems determined to leave them behind.
$18.99 US
Mar 14, 2023
Paperback
288 Pages
One World
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > Urban Studies
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Social Stratification
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Health / Medicine
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Urban Sociology
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
- Healthcare Professions > Emergency Medical Services > Emergency Medical Responder
- Healthcare Professions > Emergency Medical Services > Emergency Medical Technician
- Healthcare Professions > Healthcare Administration > Healthcare Policies and Politics
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Community Medicine / Public Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Public Health
- See More
The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives (Pulitzer Prize Finalist)
9780525566229
Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
$18.00 US
May 09, 2023
Paperback
288 Pages
Vintage
- History > U.S. History > History of Medicine
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Social Stratification
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Health / Medicine
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
- Healthcare Professions > Healthcare Administration > Healthcare Policies and Politics
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences > History of Medicine
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Community Medicine / Public Health
- Environmental Science > Environmental Health
- See More
The Power of Radical Self-Love
9781523090990
World-renowned activist and poet Sonya Renee Taylor invites us to reconnect with the radical origins of our minds and bodies and celebrate our collective, enduring strength.
$19.95 US
Feb 09, 2021
Paperback
176 Pages
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- English > Comparative Literature > Feminist Theory and Literary Criticism
- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Non-Fiction
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Sociology of Women
- Sociology > Social Change > Social Change
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Health / Medicine
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Personal Health
- See More
The New Science of a Lost Art
9780735213616
Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head.
$29.00 US
May 26, 2020
Hardcover
304 Pages
Riverhead Books
- Healthcare Professions > Health > Anatomy and Physiology for Health Professions
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Basic > Anatomy and Physiology
- Healthcare Professions > Respiratory Care
- Biology > Anatomy and Physiology > Anatomy and Physiology
- Biology > Anatomy and Physiology > Human Physiology
- Biology > Non-Majors Biology > Human Biology
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Personal Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Stress Management
- Health and Kinesiology > Kinesiology > Fitness and Wellness
- See More
America in the Time of Covid
9780593315132
Here is an unprecedented, momentous account of Covid-19—its origins, its wide-ranging repercussions, and the ongoing global fight to contain it.
$18.00 US
Jan 31, 2023
Paperback
416 Pages
Vintage
- Anthropology > Cultural and Social Anthropology > Medical Anthropology
- History > Topical History > History of Medicine
- History > U.S. History > History of Medicine
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Health / Medicine
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Basic > Epidemiology
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Community Medicine / Public Health
- See More
The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power
9780399574009
In this eye-opening book, Dr. Lisa Mosconi, a neuroscientist and integrative nutritionist, explains why the dietary needs of the brain are different from those of other organs.
$20.00 US
Dec 31, 2019
Paperback
368 Pages
Avery
- Psychology > Physiological Psychology > Specialized Courses
- Culinary, Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism > Culinary Arts > Culinary Nutrition
- Culinary, Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism > Food Science > Introduction to Dietetics
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Nutrition
- Healthcare Professions > Nursing > Nutrition and Diet Therapy
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Personal Health
- Nutrition > Special Topics
- See More
A Scientist's Quest for Nature's Next Medicines
9781984879134
A leading medical ethnobotanist tells us her story in this uplifting and adventure-filled memoir that illuminates how the path forward for medical discovery may be found in nature’s oldest remedies.
$18.00 US
Jun 14, 2022
Paperback
384 Pages
Penguin Books
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and Science
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Health / Medicine
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Alternative / Complementary Medicine
- Healthcare Professions > Nursing > Alternative Therapies / Healing
- Healthcare Professions > Special Topics
- Biology > Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology > Introductory Botany
- Environmental Science > Ecological Science
- Environmental Science > Environmental Biology
- Environmental Science > Environmental Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Specialized Courses
- See More
Reimagining Chronic Illness
9780399573309
A landmark exploration of one of the most consequential and mysterious issues of our time: the rise of chronic illness and autoimmune diseases.
$18.00 US
Feb 28, 2023
Paperback
336 Pages
Riverhead Books
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and Health
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Health / Medicine
- Healthcare Professions > Health > Specialized Courses
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Allergy and Immunology
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Community Medicine / Public Health
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Diagnosis and Treatment
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Community Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Women's Health
- See More
Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
9780593083888
By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.
$32.00 US
Sep 13, 2022
Hardcover
576 Pages
Avery
- Philosophy > Special Topics
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Addiction Counseling
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Adult Psychopathology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Child Psychopathology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Trauma Counseling
- Psychology > Physiological Psychology > Biological / Physiological Psychology
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Health / Medicine
- Healthcare Professions > Health > Anatomy and Physiology for Health Professions
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Community Medicine / Public Health
- Healthcare Professions > Nursing > Community Nursing / Public Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Public Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Stress Management
- See More
Tags: health, Health Literacy Month
Related articles
For World Food Day, which takes place on October 16th to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945, we are sharing a collection of books that detail issues involving food that are taking place around the world and offer guidance on finding food options for a
Read more
October 14 2024 |
HealthStudent Success and Career DevelopmentScience, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
The science is in: being good is actually good for you. In this bracingly original book, The Biology of Kindness—the first in a trilogy on the topic of daily wellness—the science of mindfulness and the findings of biology come together to show how kindness and optimism improve overall well-being in profound, organic, and demonstrable ways. Daniel
Read more
