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(last
updated 18 Oct 2008)
Physicians, care providers and other stakeholders in quality health care delivery …. 30 Sep 2008
Two fellowship students create focus groups and
simplified patient care literature …. 25 Sep 2008
Advancing Health
Literacy: Meeting the Needs of Adult Learners
Doctors, Educators
and Writers discussed new, emerging topics in health
literacy ….16 Sep 2008
Journalists reported they were not familiar with
health literacy ….
24 Aug 2008
Tapes, Transcripts
Might Help Cancer Patients Recall Medical
Information
Patients find it hard to absorb what doctors tell
them during stressful ….
31 Jul 2008
Rx for
time-crunched physicians: communication skills can
foster
Efficiency possible
without sacrificing rapport with patients
….
15 Jul 2008
Report states that
illiteracy is threat to health
60% of Australians
did not reach international literacy benchmarks ….
25 Jun 2008
ER patients often
don't grasp discharge orders
Patients
unaware of
comprehension deficits 80 percent of the time …. 22
Jun 2008
Connecting for Health Literacy: Health Information
Partners
Community-based partnership addresses health
literacy inequalities
….10 Jun 2008
Experts debate value of assessing health literacy
Should physicians adjust the communication level for
each patient …. 02 Jun 2008
Few U.S. Adults
Proficient at Managing Health Care
People with poor health literacy skills may have
worse health care outcomes ....14 May 2008
Glaucoma Patients
With Poor Health Literacy ...
Lesser disease understanding and greater disease
progression .…12 May 2008
Articles, Abstracts,
Letters: Peer-Reviewed Journals
(last
updated 18 Oct 2008)
Parental Education
Key to Health for Parents and Children from
Preventing Chronic
Disease
…. Apr 2008
Could pets be of
help in achieving health literacy? A media analysis
demonstration study
from Health Education Research ….
21 Mar, 2008
The health literacy
deficit New Senate legislation would provide
much-needed tools to
address this
continuing health problem in AMA
News …. 28 Jan 2008
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