Health literacy : a prescription to end confusion / Committee on Health Literacy, Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, [Institute of Medicine] ; Lynn Nielsen-Bohlman, Alison M. Panzer, David A. Kindig, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nielsen-Bohlman, Lynn.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Health Literacy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health education--United States.

Health education.

Literacy--United States.

Literacy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To maintain their own health and the health of their families and communities, consumers rely heavily on the health information that is available to them. This information is at the core of the partnerships that patients and their families forge with today (TM)s complex modern health systems. This information may be provided in a variety of forms " ranging from a discussion between a patient and a health care provider to a health promotion advertisement, a consent form, or one of many other forms of health communication common in our society. Yet millions of Americans cannot understand or act upon this information. To address this problem, the field of health literacy brings together research and practice from diverse fields including education, health services, and social and cultural sciences, and the many organizations whose actions can improve or impede health literacy. Health Literacy: Prescription to End Confusion examines the body of knowledge that applies to the field of health literacy, and recommends actions to promote a health literate society. By examining the extent of limited health literacy and the ways to improve it, we can improve the health of individuals and populations.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Independent Report Reviewers""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 What Is Health Literacy?""; ""3 The Extent and Associations of Limited Health Literacy""; ""4 Culture and Society""; ""5 Educational Systems""; ""6 Health Systems""; ""7 A Vision for a Health-Literate America""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""A Data Sources and Methods""; ""B Commissioned Papers""; ""The Relationship Between Health Literacy and Medical Costs

David H. Howard, Ph.D.""

""Improving Chronic Disease Care for Populations with Limited Health Literacy

Dean Schillinger, M.D.""""Outside the Clinician Patient Relationship: A Call to Action for Health Literacy

Barry D. Weiss, M.D.""; ""C Sample Material from Selected Assessments of Literacy and Health Literacy""; ""D Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610176595

9780309133319

0309133319

9781280176593

1280176598

9780309529266

0309529263

OCLC:

923266906