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Improving Health Literacy Within a State: Workshop Summary
Maria Roundtable On Health Literacy; Board On Population Health And Public Health Practice; Institute Of Medicine. Ed(S): Hewitt
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paperback. Editor(s): Hewitt, Maria. Num Pages: 114 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Health literacy is the degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and services they need to make appropriate health decisions. According to Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion (IOM, 2004), nearly half of all American adults--90 million people--have inadequate health literacy to navigate the healthcare system. To address issues raised in that report, the Institute of Medicine convened the Roundtable on Health Literacy, which brings together leaders from the federal government, foundations, health plans, associations, and private companies to discuss challenges facing health literacy practice and research and to identify approaches to promote ... Read more
Health literacy is the degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and services they need to make appropriate health decisions. According to Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion (IOM, 2004), nearly half of all American adults--90 million people--have inadequate health literacy to navigate the healthcare system. To address issues raised in that report, the Institute of Medicine convened the Roundtable on Health Literacy, which brings together leaders from the federal government, foundations, health plans, associations, and private companies to discuss challenges facing health literacy practice and research and to identify approaches to promote ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
National Academies Press United States
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
Number of Pages
114
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780309215725
SKU
V9780309215725
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