Facilitating State Health Exchange Communication Through the Use of Health Literate Practices: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309220309, 9780309220293

How Can Health Care Organizations Become More Health Literate?: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309256827, 9780309256810

Approximately 80 million adults in the United States have low health literacy - an individual's ability to obtain,

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Facilitating Health Communication with Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Populations Through the Use of Health Literacy and Community Engagement Strategies: Proceedings of a Workshop [1 ed.] 9780309463416, 9780309463409

The increasingly diverse ethnic composition of the United States population has created a profound and ongoing demograph

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The Safe Use Initiative and Health Literacy: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309159326, 9780309159319

Every year at least 1.5 million people suffer adverse effects from medication. These problems occur because people misun

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Public Health Risks of Disasters: Communication, Infrastructure, and Preparedness: Workshop Summary 9780309547031, 0309547032

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Health Literacy, eHealth, and Communication: Putting the Consumer First: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 0309126428, 9780309126427

There is great enthusiasm over the use of emerging interactive health information technologies-often referred to as eHea

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Implications of Health Literacy for Public Health: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309303668, 9780309303651

Health literacy is the degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and

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State and Local Policy Initiatives to Reduce Health Disparities: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309187466, 9780309187459

Although efforts to reduce health disparities receive attention at the national level, information on the successes of s

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Collaboration Between Health Care and Public Health: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309374477, 9780309374460

On February 5, 2015, the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Population Health Improvement hosted a workshop to explore

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Global Health Risk Framework: Governance for Global Health: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309381055, 9780309381048

Since the 2014 Ebola outbreak many public- and private-sector leaders have seen a need for improved management of global

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Improving Health Literacy Within a State: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309215732, 9780309215725

Health literacy is the degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and

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