Understanding Health Literacy
Subtitle: Implications For Medicine And Public Health
Contributors: Joanne G. Schwartzberg (Editor); Jonathan B. Vangeest (Editor); Claire Wang (Editor)
Publisher: American Medical Association Press; American Medical Association
Published: December 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9781579476304
Subjects: Medicine: General Issues; Public Health; Health & Fitness; Diet / Health / Fitness; Consumer Health; Patient education; Health/Fitness; Literacy; Health Education; Education & Training; General; United States
First sentence: The term health literacy was first used in a 1974 monograph by Simonds that described how health information impacts the educational system, health care system, and mass communication.
Description: Surveys have shown that levels of literacy generally and of health literacy in particular affect patients' understanding of health issues and participation in health care decision making. As a result of studying health literacy levels, this resource aims to help physicians and others improve the quality of care for patients and to help those in the medical community improve patient communications regarding medications, tests and procedures and informed consent.;