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Integrating health literacy, cultural competence, and language access services : workshop summary

Title
Integrating health literacy, cultural competence, and language access services : workshop summary / Joe Alper, rapporteur ; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health and Medicine Division, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine.
Author
Alper, Joe
Publication
  • Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2016]
  • ©2016

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  • National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy, issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb
  • Integrating Health Literacy, Cultural Competence, and Language Access Services (Workshop) (2015 : Irvine, Calif.)
Description
xviii, 95 pages : illustrations (some color), color map; 23 cm
Summary
"The aging and evolving racial and ethnic composition of the U.S. population has the United States in the midst of a profound demographic shift and health care organizations face many issues as they move to address and adapt to this change. In their drive to adequately serve increasingly diverse communities, health care organizations are searching for approaches that will enable them to provide information and service to all persons, regardless of age, race, cultural background, or language skills, in a manner that facilitates understanding and use of that information to make appropriate health decisions. To better understand how the dynamic forces operating in health care today impact the delivery of services in a way that is health literate, culturally competent, and in an appropriate language for patients and their families, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conducted a public workshop on the integration of health literacy, cultural competency, and language access services. Participants discussed skills and competencies needed for effective health communication, including health literacy, cultural competency, and language access services; interventions and strategies for integration; and differing perspectives such as providers and systems, patients and families, communities, and payers. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop"--Publisher's description.
Subject
  • Health literacy > United States > Congresses
  • Cultural competence > United States > Congresses
  • Consumer-driven health care > United States > Congresses
  • Communication in medicine > United States > Congresses
  • Communication in medicine
  • Consumer-driven health care
  • Cultural competence
  • Health literacy
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Health Literacy
  • Cultural Competency
  • Communication Barriers
  • Language
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Congress.
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-84).
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also issued online.
Contents
Introduction -- Health system transformation to support integration -- Issues and challenges -- Addressing the challenges -- Break out session reports -- Reflections on the day -- References -- Appendix A: Workshop agenda -- Appendix B: Biographical sketches of workshop speakers and moderators.
ISBN
  • 0309442370
  • 9780309442374
OCLC
  • ocn953843747
  • 953843747
  • SCSB-5863878
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries