Resources in non-english languages
Check out the menu bar at the top of the page to find resources for other languages and settings.
Educational resources
Teaching and learning resources for thinking critically about health choices
Secondary school resources
Teaching 13-14 year olds to think critically about personal and community health choices.
Primary School Resources
Teaching 9-12 year olds to think critically about health claims and choices.
The Health Choices Book: video
Animated and narrated version of The Health Choices Book in 9 episodes.
Poster of Key Concepts for Primary School
Key concepts suitable for teaching children at primary school level.
Podcast for parents in East Africa
In eight episodes, we tell stories to teach parents principles for assessing health claims and making informed choices. Available in both English and Luganda.
Podcast for parents in North America
In seven episodes, this podcast uses stories to illustrate how parents might think carefully about treatment choices.
Claim Evaluation Tools
Tools for assessing a learner’s knowledge about the Key Concepts for Informed Health Choices
GET-IT glossary
The GET-IT glossary provides plain language definitions of 242 common health research terms.
iHealthFacts
Got a question about a health claim? Submit your question or read answers to others. Provided by the University of Galway, Ireland.
Our Health Our Knowledge
Short online course for thinking about choices in healthcare, in English or Welsh.
Oh Really? blogposts
Written by Evidently Cochrane (Cochrane UK), each blog highlights something important to consider when you’re faced with health claims. Builds on the IHC Key Concepts.
Teachers of Evidence-based Health Care
A searchable collection of educational resources for teaching and learning evidence-based health care.
Informed COVID-19 Choices
A collection of freely available resources that can help people think critically about health choices during the pandemic, for use in or outside of the classroom.
PDF – Key Concepts for Informed Health Choices
The most current version of the Key Concepts for Informed Health Choices – a full description with references.
Testing Treatments
A book for both the public and professionals, translated to 17 languages. Inspired the formation of the Informed Health Choices project.
Know Your Chances
A book to help people better understand health statistics. Shown to be effective in two randomised trials.
