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| Varying Form of Title: | Health literacy for public health
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| Other authors / contributors: | Hewitt, Maria Elizabeth, rapporteur.
Hernandez, Lyla M., rapporteur.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy, issuing body.
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| ISBN: | 9780309303668
0309303664
9780309303651
0309303656
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from resource home page (National Academies Press, viewed September 17, 2014).
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "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. Nearly half of all American adults - 90 million people - have inadequate health literacy to navigate the health care system. Implications of Health Literacy for Public Health is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Health Literacy in November 2013 that focused on the implications of health literacy for the mission and essential services of public health. The workshop featured the presentation of a commissioned paper on health literacy activities under way in public health organizations. Other presentations examined the implications of health literacy for the mission and essential services of public health, for example, community health and safety, disease prevention, disaster management, or health communication. This report includes the commissioned paper and summaries of the workshop presentations"--Publisher's description.
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| Other form: | Print version: Implications of Health Literacy for Public Health (Workshop) (2013 : Irvine, Calif.). Implications of health literacy for public health 9780309303651
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