The Medical Library Association guide to health literacy
By: Marge Kars, Lynda M. Baker, Feleta Wilson, editors.
Contributors: Kars, Marge, 1947-; Baker, Lynda.; Wilson, Feleta, 1945-
Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.; Neal-Schuman Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9781555706258
Subjects: Medical librarianship -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Health education -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Patient education -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Literacy -- United States -- Health aspects; Social medicine -- United States; Medical libraries -- Reference services -- United States; Libraries and illiterate persons; Libraries and people with social disabilities; Libraries and community; Communication in medicine
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to health literacy / Lynda Baker, Marge Kars, and Feleta L. Wilson; title: Review of the literature / Nancy Schaefer; title: Social practices in talk as components of health literacy / Charlene Pope; title: Cultural competence and health literacy / Misa Mi; title: Impact of patient low literacy on the individual and family / Feleta L. Wilson; title: The association between literacy and health : providing health information to adults with low literacy / Heather J. Martin and C. Nadine Wathen; title: Health literacy for people with disabilities / Shelley Hourston; title: Health literacy and America's senior citizens / Marcy Brown; title: A new digital divide : teens and Internet literacy / Ellen Freda, Jonathan Hayes Goff, and Andrea L. Kenyon; title: The health reference interview : getting to the heart of the question while assessing your customer's literacy skills / Karyn Prechtel; title: Public libraries and health literacy / Barbara Bibel; title: Health literacy in Canada : highlighting library initiatives / Susan Murray; title: Consumer health services in hospitals : the front line for health literacy / Julie Esparza; title: Health literacy in action : the Bronson experience / Marge Kars; title: Intervention programs for health literacy / Cleo Pappas; title: Forming and funding collaborations to address health literacy / Kristine Alpi and Dina Sherman.