Research Catalog

Title

Health literacy : a prescription to end confusion / editors, Lynn Nielsen-Bohlman ... [et al.] ; Committee on Health Literacy, Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, [Institute of Medicine].

Publication

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nielsen-Bohlman, Lynn
• Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Health Literacy

Description

xix, 345 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion examines the body of knowledge that applies to the field of health literacy and recommends actions to promote a health-literate society. By examining the extent of limited health literacy and the ways to change it, we can improve the health of individuals and populations."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• United States
• Health Education > standards
• Communication Barriers
• Literacy > United States
• Educational Status
• Health Education > methods
• Health education > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. What is health literacy? -- 3. The extent and associations of limited health literacy -- 4. Culture and society -- 5. Educational systems -- 6. Health systems -- 7. Vision for a health-literate America -- App. The relationship between health literacy and medical costs / David H. Howard -- App. Improving chronic disease care for populations with limited health literacy / Dean Schillinger -- App. Outside the clinician-patient relationship : a call to action for health literacy / Barry D. Weiss -- App. Sample material from selected assessments of literacy and health literacy.

ISBN

• 0309091179 (hardcover)
• 0309529263 (pdf)

LCCN

2004004829

OCLC

• ocm54537926
• SCSB-5058289

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries