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Organizational Change to Improve Health Literacy : workshop summary

Title

Organizational Change to Improve Health Literacy : workshop summary / Melissa French and Lyla M. Hernandez, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

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Organizational Change to Improve Health Literacy (Workshop) (2013 : Washington, D.C.)

Publication

Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2013]
©2014

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xvi, 108 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm

Summary

"Although health literacy is commonly defined as an individual trait, there is a growing appreciation that health literacy does not depend on the skills of individuals alone. Health literacy is the product of the interaction between individuals' capacities and the health literacy-related demands and complexities of the health care system. System changes are needed to better align health care demands with the public's skills and abilities."-P. 1.
"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 Practice Roundtable on Health Literacy. As a follow up to the 2012 discussion paper Ten Attributes of a Health Literate Health Care Organization, participants met to examine what is known about implementation of the attributes of a health literate health care organization and to create a network of health literacy implementers who can share information about health literacy innovations and problem solving. This report discusses implementation approaches and shares tools that could be used in implementing specific literacy strategies. Although health literacy is commonly defined as an individual trait, there is a growing appreciation that health literacy does not depend on the skills of individuals alone. Health literacy is the product of the interaction between individuals capacities and the health literacy-related demands and complexities of the health care system. System changes are needed to better align health care demands with the public's skills and abilities. Organizational Change to Improve Health Literacy focuses on changes that could be made to achieve this goal"--Publisher's desciption.

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Congress.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- Reference -- 2.Panel 1: Implementing Attributes Of A Health Literate Organization -- Bridget McCandless, M.D. -- Karen Rogers, M.S.N., R.N.-B.C. -- Laura Noonan, M.D. -- Discussion -- References -- 3.Panel 2: Implementing Attributes Of A Health Literate Organization -- Thomas Bauer, M.B.A. -- Karen Komondor, R.N. -- Terri Ann Parnell, D.N.P., M.H.A., R.N. -- H. Shonna Yin, M.D., M.Sc. -- Discussion -- References -- 4.Panel 3: Implementing Attributes Of A Health Literate Organization -- Paloma Izquierdo-Hernandez, M.S., M.P.H. -- Audrey Riffenburgh, M.A. -- Lori Hall, R.N. -- Mary Ann Abrams, M.D., M.P.H. -- Discussion -- References -- 5.Concluding Panel -- Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi, M.Ed. -- Ricardo Wray, Ph.D., M.S. -- Discussion -- Reference -- APPENDIXES -- A.Workshop Agenda.

ISBN

9780309288057
0309288053

LCCN

2014395563

OCLC

ocn863237911
863237911
SCSB-5715443

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Columbia University Libraries