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Health literacy : past, present, and future : workshop summary / Joe Alper, rapporteur ; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- Alper, Joe, author.
- Conference Name:
- Health Literacy: Past, Present, and Future (Workshop) (2014 : Washington, D.C.), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health education--Congresses.
- Health education.
- Medical policy--Congresses.
- Medical policy.
- Literacy--Congresses.
- Literacy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (130 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 2004, the Institute of Medicine released "Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion," a report on the then-underappreciated challenge of enabling patients to comprehend their condition and treatment, to make the best decisions for their care, and to take the right medications at the right time in the intended dose. That report documented the problems, origins, and consequences of the fact that tens of millions of U.S. adults are unable to read complex texts, including many health-related materials, and it proposed possible solutions to those problems. To commemorate the anniversary of the release of the 2004 health literacy report, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Health Literacy convened a 1-day public workshop to assess the progress made in the field of health literacy over the past decade, the current state of the field, and the future of health literacy at the local, national, and international levels. "Health Literacy: Past, Present, and Future" summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop.
- Contents:
- FrontMatter; Reviewers; Acknowledgments; Contents; Box and Figures; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Health Literacy at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Progress and Possibilities; 3 Health Literacy and Medications; 4 Use and Delivery of Health Care; 5 Education; 6 Looking to the Future; 7 Where Do We Go from Here?; References; Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 4, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 0-309-37155-4
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