Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Roundtable on Health Literacy
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How Can Health Care Organizations Become More Health Literate?
Approximately 80 million adults in the United States have low health literacy - an individual's ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information. Low health …
Toward Health Equity and Patient-Centeredness
To receive the greatest value for health care, it is important to focus on issues of quality and disparity, and the ability of individuals to make appropriate decisions based on …
Organizational Change to Improve Health Literacy
Organizational Change to Improve Health Literacy is the summary of a workshop convened in April 2013 by the Institute of Medicine Board on Population Health and Public Health …
Integrating Oral and General Health Through Health Literacy Practices
Oral health care and medical health care both seek to maintain and enhance human health and well-being. Yet, dentistry and primary care in the United States are largely separated …
Innovations in Health Literacy Research
Nearly nine out of 10 adults have difficulty using everyday health information to make good health decisions. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Health Literacy held a …
Health Literacy in Clinical Research
Because of the individualized nature of drug and therapeutic treatments, clinical trials require participants who represent the diversity of the patient base. If early trials do …
Health Literacy
In 2004, the Institute of Medicine released Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion, a report on the then-underappreciated challenge of enabling patients to comprehend …
Health Literacy and Older Adults
Adults age 65 and older make up the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population. At the same time, the complexity of health care delivery continues to grow, creating challenges …
Standardizing Medication Labels
Medications are an important component of health care, but each year their misuse results in over a million adverse drug events that lead to office and emergency room visits as …
Improving Health Literacy Within a State
Health literacy is the degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and services they need to make appropriate health decisions. …
Oral Health Literacy
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Health Literacy focuses on bringing together leaders from the federal government, foundations, health plans, associations, and private …
Implications of Health Literacy for Public Health
Health literacy is the degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and services they need to make appropriate health decisions. …