Implications of health literacy for public health : workshop summary /

"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. Nearly half of all American adults - 90 million people - have inadequate health literacy to navigate the health care...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Implications of Health Literacy for Public Health (Workshop) Irvine, Calif.)
Otros Autores: Hewitt, Maria Elizabeth (rapporteur.), Hernandez, Lyla M. (rapporteur.)
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014]
Colección:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Temas:
Health literacy > United States > Congresses.
Medical care > United States > Congresses.
Health literacy.
Public health.
Health Literacy
Public Health
Compétence informationnelle en santé > États-Unis > Congrès.
Compétence informationnelle en santé.
Santé publique.
public health.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healthy Living.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
Public health
Health literacy
Medical care
United States
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Background and overview
  • Current health department efforts in health literacy
  • Health literacy facilitates public health efforts
  • Supporting public health implementation and research
  • Reflections on the presentations and discussions
  • Meeting agenda
  • Speaker biosketches
  • A prescription is not enough: improving public health with health literacy
  • Revised questions for Nebraska survey.

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