Innovations in health literacy research
Subtitle: workshop summary
By: Cori Vancheri, rapporteur ; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Contributors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy; National Academies Press (U.S.)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9780309161855
Subjects: Communication in medicine; Congresses; Consumer-driven health care; Health education; Health Literacy; Literacy; Research
Description: Nearly nine out of 10 adults have difficulty using everyday health information to make good health decisions. The IOM Roundtable on Health Literacy held a meeting on May 27, 2010, to explore areas for research in health literacy, the relationship between health literacy and health disparities, and ways to apply information technology to improve health literacy.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Also available in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page.
Table of contents: title: Report on the first annual research on health literacy conference; title: Role of health literacy in health disparities research; title: Role of health literacy in health information technology; title: Professional development in health literacy research; title: Call to action; title: Health literacy research contributions to the national action plan; title: Lessons learned from the workshop.