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Health Literacy Implications for Health Care Reform
Theresa Roundtable On Health Literacy; Board On Population Health And Public Health Practice; Institute Of Medicine. Ed(S): Wizemann
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Paperback. Editor(s): Wizemann, Theresa. Num Pages: 128 pages, figures. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Health literacy is the degree to which one can understand and make decisions based on health information. Nearly 90 million adults in the United States have limited health literacy. While poor health literacy spans all demographics, rates of low health literacy are disproportionately higher among those with lower socioeconomic status, limited education, or limited English proficiency, as well as among the elderly and individuals with mental or physical disabilities. Studies have shown that there is a correlation between low health literacy and poor health outcomes. In 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act designed to extend access to health ... Read more
Health literacy is the degree to which one can understand and make decisions based on health information. Nearly 90 million adults in the United States have limited health literacy. While poor health literacy spans all demographics, rates of low health literacy are disproportionately higher among those with lower socioeconomic status, limited education, or limited English proficiency, as well as among the elderly and individuals with mental or physical disabilities. Studies have shown that there is a correlation between low health literacy and poor health outcomes. In 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act designed to extend access to health ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
National Academies Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780309164160
SKU
V9780309164160
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