Understanding health literacy : implications for medicine and public health / editors, Joanne Schwartzberg, Jonathan B. VanGeest, Claire C. Wang ; section editors, Julie A. Gazmararian [and others].
| Other author | Schwartzberg, Joanne G. |
| Other author | VanGeest, Jonathan. |
| Other author | Wang, Claire. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | [Chicago, Ill.] : American Medical Association, ©2005. |
| Description | xv, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Understanding health literacy / Jay M. Bernhardt, Erica D. Brownfield, and Ruth M. Parker -- Epidemiology of low health literacy / Barry D. Weiss -- Literacy skills of US adults / John P. Comings and Irwin S. Kirsch -- What does low literacy mean? / John Strucker and Rosalind Davidson -- Literacy demands in health care settings : the patient perspective / Rima E. Rudd ... [et al.] -- Health literacy and the patient-provider relationship / Debra L. Roter -- Participatory decision-making in the medical encounter and its relationship to patient literacy / Lisa A. Cooper, Mary Catherine Beach, and Sarah L. Clever -- The challenges of informed consent for low-literate populations / Michael K. Paasche-Orlow -- Using the Internet to move beyond the brochure and improve health literacy / Cynthia E. Baur -- Literacy testing in health care research / Terry Davis ... [et al.] -- A conceptual framework for the relationship between health literacy and health care outcomes : the chronic disease exemplar / Dean Schillinger, Terry Davis -- Health literacy and health outcomes : overview of the literature / Darren A. DeWalt and Michael Pignone. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2004016090 |
| ISBN | 1579476309 |