42. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

www.meps.ahra.gov. Accessed October 27, 2008.

43. Morris LA, Tabak ER, Gondek K. Counseling patients about prescribed medication: 12-year trends.
Med Care. 1997;35:996-1007.

44. Metlay IP, Cohen A, Polsky D, et al. Medication safety in older adults: home-based practice patterns.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005;53:976-82.

45. Health Literacy Innovations. National Survey of Medicaid Guidelines for Health Literacy.
www.healthliteracyinnovations.com/information/. Accessed October 27, 2008.

46. First Communicate: Health Literacy in Practice. Coverage Magazine. October 16, 2008.

47. Barrett SE, Sheen Puryear J, Westpheling K. Health Literacy Practices in Primary Care Settings:
Examples from the field. New York: Commonwealth Fund; 2008.

48. Davis TC, Wolf MS, Bass PF, et al. Literacy and misunderstanding of prescription drug labels. Ann
Med. 1996;145:887-94.

49. American Pharmacists Association. MTM faring well in Congressional action.

www.pharmacist.Com/AM/Template.cfm?Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=20214.
Accessed June 1, 2009

50. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health.

National standars on culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS). 2001.

www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlID=15. Accessed November 28, 2009.

51. Accreditation standards and guidelines for the professional program in pharmacy leading to the
Doctor of Pharmacy degree. Chicago: Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. July 1, 2007.
www.acpe-accredit.org/standards/default.asp.

52. American Society of Hcalth-System Pharmacists. ASHP statement on the role of health-system
pharmacists in public health. Am Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65:462-7.

53. American Public Health Association. Promoting interprofessional education (policy 20088).
www.apha.org/advocacy/policy/policyscarch/default.htm?id=1374. Accessed May 27, 2009.

54. Vincent WR, Smith KM, Steinke D. Opportunities for pharmacists in public health. Am J Health Syst
Pharm. 2007;64(19):2002–7.
55. IHS Fact Sheets. Indian Health Service. http://info.ihs.gov/Profile08.asp. Accessed November 11,
2008.

56. Boyce RW, Herrier RN, Gardner M. Pharmacist-Patient Consultation Program, Unit 1: An interactive
approach to verify patient understanding. New York: Pfizer; 1991.

57. National Council of Chief Clinical Consultants Web Site. Indian Ilealth Service. www.ihs.gov/health
communications/. Accessed December 11, 2009.

58. Lamer C, Wachacha M, Cullen T. An innovative patient-centered and culturally sensitive health
education program for an American Indian/Alaska Native patient population. IHS Primary Care Provider.
2008;3:177-80.

59. Partnership for Clear Health Communication. AskMe3. www.askme3.org. Accessed November 11,
2008.

60. Youmans SL, Schillinger D. Functional health literacy and medication use: the pharmacist's role. Ann
Pharmacother. 2003;37:1726-9.

61. Jacobson KL, Gazmararian JA, Kripalani S, et al. Is Our Pharmacy Meeting Patients' Needs? A
Pharmacy Health Literacy Assessment Tool User's Guide. AHRQ Publication No. 07-0051. Rockville, Md:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2007. www.ahrq.gov/qual/pharmlit.

62. Tkacz VL, Metzger A, Pruchnicki MC. Health literacy in pharmacy. Am ) Health Syst Pharm.
2008;65:974–81.

63. Doak CC, Doak LG, Root JH. Assessing suitability of materials. In: Teaching Patients with Low Literacy
Skills. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott; 1996. www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/doak4.pdf. Accessed
December 11, 2009,

64. Vernon JA, Trujillo A, Rosenbaum S, et al. Low Health Literacy: Implications for National Health
Policy. National Patient Safety Foundation Partnership for Clear Health Communication. 2007.
http://npsf.org/askme3/pdfs/Case_Report_10_07.pdf.

65. Babb V), Babb J. Pharmacist involvement in Healthy People 2010. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2003; 43(1):56-
60.