Surgeon General's Workshop on Improving Health Literacy

Download or read book Surgeon General's Workshop on Improving Health Literacy written by National Institutes of Health and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These conference proceedings from the Surgeon General's workshop presents information on health literacy from a variety of perspectives. Participants identified the public health consequences of limited health literacy and established an evidence-based approach for action. Table of contents: * Executive Summary * Limited Health Literacy: A Public Health Problem * Workshop Highlights * Conclusions * Introduction * Welcome (Penelope Slade Royall) * Charge and Goals (Kenneth P. Moritsugu) * Moderator Opening Remarks (William Smith) * Discussion: Creating a Vision for the Future * Health Literacy Standards * Areas for Future Research * Working with School Systems to Address Health Literacy * Closing and Action Steps Panel 1: Health Literacy, Literacy, and Health Outcomes * The National Assessment of Adult Literacy: Health Literacy Results (Russ Whitehurst) * Functional Health Literacy: Health Information in Everyday Life (Rima Rudd) * Literacy, Chronic Disease Care, and Public Healthcare Systems: A Focus on Communication (Dean Schillinger) * The Associations Between Health Literacy and Health Outcomes: Self-Reported Health, Hospitalization, and Mortality (David W. Baker) * Interventions to Improve Health Outcomes for Patients with Low Literacy (Michael Pignone) * Discussion: Panel 1 Panel 2: Meeting the Health Literacy Needs of Special Populations * Lost in Translation: Language Barriers, Literacy, Communication, and Quality in Health Care (Glenn Flores) * A Call to Action: The Role of Health Literacy in Reducing Health Disparities (Harold P. Freeman) * Meeting the Health Literacy Needs of Older Adults (Denise C. Park) * Meeting the Health Literacy Needs of Young Children (Frank C. Keil) * Discussion: Panel 2 Panel 3: Toward an Informed and Engaged Public * Both Health Literacy and Patient Activation Contribute to Consumers' Ability to Manage Their Health (Judith Hibbard) * Advancing Health Literacy: A Framework for Understanding and Action (Christina Zarcadoolas) * Toward an Informed Public: A Communication Perspective (Vicki Freimuth) * Translating Health Literacy Research into Large Scale Public Action (Linda Neuhauser) * Discussion: Panel 3 References.