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An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a public workshop that will feature a presentation of a commissioned paper on health literacy activities underway in public health organizations. Other presentations will examine the implications of health literacy for the mission and essential services of public health, for example, community health and safety, disease prevention, disaster management, or health communication. The committee will define the specific topics, develop the agenda, and select speakers.
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·2014
Health literacy is the degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and services they need to make appropriate health decisions. Nearly half of all American adults - 90 million people - have inadequate health literacy to navigate the health care system...
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An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a public workshop that will feature a presentation of a commissioned paper on health literacy activities underway in public health organizations. Other presentations will examine the implications of health literacy for the mission and essential services of public health, for example, community health and safety, disease prevention, disaster management, or health communication. The committee will define the specific topics, develop the agenda, and select speakers.
Collaborators
Sponsors
Department of Health and Human Services
Private: For Profit
Private: Non Profit
Major units and sub-units
Health and Medicine Division
Lead
Institute of Medicine
Lead
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Lead
