Böcker av Roundtable on Health Literacy

Presents 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. This title discusses implementation approaches and shares tools that could be used in implementing specific literacy strategies.

A workshop on international health literacy efforts that feature presentations and discussion about health literacy interventions from various countries as well as other topics related to international health literacy was held. This title summarizes the findings and discussions at the workshop.

The Roundtable held a workshop March 29, 2012, to explore the field of oral health literacy.

Nearly nine out of 10 adults have difficulty using everyday health information to make good health decisions. The IOM Roundtable on Health Literacy held a meeting on May 27, 2010, to explore areas for research in health literacy, the relationship between health literacy and health disparities, and ways to apply information technology to improve health literacy.--Publisher's description.

Summary of presentations from the Workshop on Measures of Health Literacy, held February 26, 2009, in Washington, D.C.

Medications are an important component of health care, but each year their misuse results in over a million adverse drug events that lead to office and emergency room visits as well as hospitalizations and, in some cases, death.