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Measures of health literacy : workshop 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 vario...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy, Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Workshop on Measures of Health Literacy
Otros Autores: Hernandez, Lyla M.
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • An overview of measures of health literacy
  • Approaches to assessing health literacy
  • Population-based approaches to assessing health literacy
  • Measuring health system responses to health literacy
  • Measuring health literacy: What? So what? Now what?