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james077

Stay Healthy - 0 views

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    Although you can not stop time, the right type and amount of physical movement can assist stave off many age-related health issues. More than half (59 percent) of Americans hope to still be living at home freely at 80 years old, according to a recent survey by the American Physical Therapy Association.
Tom Fields

Multifaceted Program Helps Pediatricians Screen for Maternal Depression and A... - 0 views

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    As part of the intervention, pediatricians ask parents about crying, bonding/attachment, toilet training, and discipline and provide educational materials related to abuse and neglect prevention to patients and prominently in waiting and examination rooms.
Dianne Rees

National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy Executive Summary - 0 views

  • This report contains seven goals that will improve health literacy and suggests strategies for achieving them:
  • Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.4 Limited health literacy affects people of all ages, races, incomes, and education levels, but the impact of limited health literacy disproportionately affects lower socioeconomic and minority groups.
  • Two decades of research indicate that today's health information is presented in a way that isn't usable by most Americans
Dianne Rees

Health Literacy: The Gap Between Physicians and Patients - August 1, 2005 - American Fa... - 0 views

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    Assessing health literacy
Dianne Rees

AMA - Patient Safety Resources - 0 views

  • The American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation and AMA are exploring the link between health literacy and patient safety. Our goal is to create safer and shame-free health care environments for patients with limited health literacy, and by extension, to all patients. Working toward that goal, we have two resources for providers to help them minimize communication-related adverse events - patient safety monograph and patient safety tip cards.
Dianne Rees

Healthcare Communications - Health Literacy - 0 views

  • The IHS is evaluating three tools for assessing health literacy among American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN).
Dianne Rees

Many Americans have poor health literacy - 0 views

  • A 2007 study estimated the problem cost the U.S. economy as much as $238 billion annually.
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    "A 2007 study estimated the problem cost the U.S. economy as much as $238 billion annually"
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