Understanding Health Literacy Implications for Medicine and Public Health

Name: Understanding Health Literacy Implications for Medicine and Public Health
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ISBN: 9781579476304

ISBN-10: 1579476309

ISBN-13: 9781579476304

Edition: 2004

Authors: Joanne G. Schwartzberg, Jonathan VanGeest, Claire Wang

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Description:

rganized into four distinct sections, this book offers findings and raises questions to lead to progressive communication and investigation around the issue of health literacy in the context of the individual, the community, and patient-physician interaction.

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: American Medical Association
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 250
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Editors and Chapter Authors


Reviewers


Acknowledgments



Overview of Health Literacy in Health Care



Understanding Health Literacy




Epidemiology of Low Health Literacy




The Patient Perspective



Literacy Skills of US Adults




What Does Low Literacy Mean?




Literacy Demands in Health Care Settings: The Patient Perspective




Health Literacy and Communication



Health Literacy and the Patient-Provider Relationship




Participatory Decision-Making in the Medical Encounter and Its Relationship to Patient Literacy




The Challenges of Informed Consent for Low-Literate Populations




Using the Internet to Move Beyond the Brochure and Improve Health Literacy




Health Literacy and the Delivery of Health Care



Literacy Testing in Health Care Research




A Conceptual Framework for the Relationship between Health Literacy and Health Care Outcomes: The Chronic Disease Exemplar




Health Literacy and Health Outcomes: Overview of the Literature




Glossary



Information for Ordering Literacy Tests


Index