Measures of health literacy : workshop summary

The Resource Measures of health literacy : workshop summary
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Measures of health literacy : workshop summary
Title remainder
workshop summary
Statement of responsibility
Lyla M. Hernandez ; Roundtable on Health Literacy ; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Understanding and using basic health information and being able to navigate the complexities of the health care system are critical to good health. Health literacy can be difficult to assess, however, as it is not only a measure of individuals' understanding of health information at various points in time but also a measure of how well various health care systems have been organized. In addition, there is no agreement upon how to judge the effects of health literacy. Existing measures do not capture enough data to understand fully how health literacy influences health or what can be done to improve health literacy. The Roundtable on Health Literacy held a workshop on February 26, 2009, to examine what is known about measures of health literacy, in particular: the current status of measures of health literacy, including those used in the health care setting, other possible measures that might be used to assess health literacy, and ways in which health literacy measures can be used to assess approaches to health care."--Publisher's description
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Cataloging source
N$T
Dewey number
613.071
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
no index present
LC call number
RA440.4
LC item number
.M43 2009eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
NLM call number
WA 590
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