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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: 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
Other Authors: Hernandez, Lyla M.
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Health literacy > United States > Congresses.
Patient education > United States > Congresses.
Health literacy > United States > Evaluation > Congresses.
Patient education > United States > Evaluation > Congresses.
Health literacy.
Patient education.
Health Literacy
Educational Measurement > methods
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Health Literacy > methods
Patient Education as Topic
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Compétence informationnelle en santé > États-Unis > Congrès.
Éducation des patients > États-Unis > Congrès.
Compétence informationnelle en santé > États-Unis > Évaluation > Congrès.
Éducation des patients > États-Unis > Évaluation > Congrès.
Compétence informationnelle en santé.
Éducation des patients.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healthy Living.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
Health literacy
Patient education
Patient education > Evaluation
United States
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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?

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