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Author Alper, Joe, rapporteur.

Title Community-based health literacy interventions : proceedings of a workshop / Joe Alper, rapporteur ; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health and Medicine Division, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (1 PDF file (xvii, 225 pages)) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary In its landmark report, Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion, the Institute of Medicine noted that there are 90 million adults in the United States with limited health literacy who cannot fully benefit from what the health and health care systems have to offer. Since the release of that report, health literacy has become a vibrant research field that has developed and disseminated a wide range of tools and practices that have helped organizations, ranging in size from large health care systems to individual health care providers and pharmacists, to engage in health literate discussions with and provide health literate materials for patients and family members. Improving the health literacy of organizations can be an important component of addressing the social determinants of health and achieving the triple aim of improving the patient experience, improving the health of populations, and reducing the cost of care. However, the focus on organizations does not address the larger issue of how to improve health literacy across the U.S. population. To get a better understanding of the state of community-based health literacy interventions, the Roundtable on Health Literacy hosted a workshop on July 19, 2017 on community-based health literacy interventions. It featured examples of community-based health literacy programs, discussions on how to evaluate such programs, and the actions the field can take to embrace this larger view of health literacy. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Funding This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and AbbVie Inc.; Aetna Foundation; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HHSP23337024); American Dental Association; Bristol-Myers Squibb; East Bay Community Foundation (Kaiser Permanente); Eli Lilly and Company; Health Literacy Media; Health Literacy Partners; Health Resources and Services Administration (HHSH25034011T); Humana; Institute for Healthcare Advancement; Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp.; National Institutes of Health (HHSN26300054); National Library of Medicine; New York University Langone Health System; Northwell Health; Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (HHSP23337043); and UnitedHealth Group. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project.
Contents Introduction -- Presentation and discussion on the commissioned paper -- Examples of community-based health literacy programs -- Evaluating community-based health literacy interventions -- Where do we go from here? -- Reflections on the day -- A review and report of community-based health literacy interventions / by Cynthia Baur, Lourdes M. Martinez, Nedelina Tchangalova, and Don Rubin.
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Subject Health literacy -- United States -- Congresses.
Health literacy.
United States.
Health education -- United States -- Congresses.
Health education.
United States.
Genre/Form Congress.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Technical reports.
Technical reports.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy, issuing body.
Community-Based Health Literacy Interventions (Workshop) (2017 : Washington, D.C.)
Other Form: Print version: Alper, Joe. Community-based health literacy interventions. Washington : National Academies Press, [2018] 9780309466677 (OCoLC)1030609303
ISBN 9780309466707
0309466709
0309466687
9780309466684
9780309466677
0309466679
Standard No. 10.17226/24917