Organizational change to improve health literacy : workshop summary / Melissa French and Lyla M. Hernandez, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

French, Melissa, contributor.

Hernandez, Lyla M., contributor.

Institute of Medicine. Roundtable on Health Literacy, issuing body.

Institute of Medicine. Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, issuing body.

Conference Name:

Organizational Change to Improve Health Literacy (Workshop) (2013 : Washington, D.C.)

Organizational Change to Improve Health Literacy (Workshop)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change--United States.

Organizational change.

Patient education--United States--Congresses.

Patient education.

Health facilities--Administration--United States--Congresses.

Health facilities.

Health literacy--United States--Congresses.

Health literacy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (124 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Organizational Change to Improve Health Literacy is the summary of a workshop convened in April 2013 by the Institute of Medicine Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice Roundtable on Health Literacy. As a follow up to the 2012 discussion paper Ten Attributes of a Health Literate Health Care Organization , participants met to examine what is known about implementation of the attributes of a health literate health care organization and to create a network of health literacy implementers who can share information about health literacy innovations and problem solving. This report discusses implementation approaches and shares tools that could be used in implementing specific literacy strategies. Although health literacy is commonly defined as an individual trait, there is a growing appreciation that health literacy does not depend on the skills of individuals alone. Health literacy is the product of the interaction between individuals' capacities and the health literacy-related demands and complexities of the health care system. System changes are needed to better align health care demands with the public's skills and abilities. Organizational Change to Improve Health Literacy focuses on changes that could be made to achieve this goal.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Boxes, Figures, and Table""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Panel 1: Implementing Attributes of a Health Literate Organization""; ""3 Panel 2: Implementing Attributes of a Health Literate Organization""; ""4 Panel 3: Implementing Attributes of a Health Literate Organization""; ""5 Concluding Panel""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Speaker Biosketches""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 6, 2014).

ISBN:

0-309-28808-8

0-309-28806-1

OCLC:

923289881