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Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Workshop on Improving Health Literacy
September 7, 2006, National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Office of the Surgeon General (US); Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (US).
Rockville (MD): Office
of the Surgeon General (US); 2006.
Excerpt
On September 7, 2006, Acting Surgeon General Kenneth Moritsugu held a Surgeon General’s Workshop on Improving Health Literacy. The goal of the workshop was to present the state of the science in the field of health literacy from a variety of perspectives, including those of health care organizations and providers, the research community, and educators. During the course of the one-day workshop, participants identified the public health consequences of limited health literacy and established an evidence base for taking action.
Contents
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Workshop Proceedings
- Panel 1: Health Literacy, Literacy, and Health Outcomes
- The National Assessment of Adult Literacy: Health Literacy Results
- Functional Health Literacy: Health Information in Everyday Life
- Literacy, Chronic Disease Care, and Public Healthcare Systems: A Focus on Communication
- The Associations Between Health Literacy and Health Outcomes: Self-Reported Health, Hospitalization, and Mortality
- Interventions to Improve Health Outcomes for Patients with Low Literacy
- Discussion: Panel 1
- Panel 2: Meeting the Health Literacy Needs of Special Populations
- Panel 3: Toward an Informed and Engaged Public
- Both Health Literacy and Patient Activation Contribute to Consumers’ Ability to Manage Their Health
- Advancing Health Literacy: A Framework for Understanding and Action
- Toward an Informed Public: A Communication Perspective
- Translating Health Literacy Research into Large Scale Public Action
- Discussion: Panel 3
- Discussion: Creating a Vision for the Future
- Closing and Action Steps
- References
- Appendix A Speaker Biographies
- Appendix B Participant List
- Appendix C Acknowledgements
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