Innovations in Health Literacy:

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Publication Year:2011

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Cori Vancheri, Rapporteur; Roundtable on Health Literacy; Institute of Medicine
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Front Matter	i-xiv
1 Introduction	1-2	(skim)
2 Report on the First Annual Research on Health Literacy Conference	3-6	(skim)
3 The Role of Health Literacy in Health Disparities Research	7-22	(skim)
4 The Role of Health Literacy in Health Information Technology	23-32	(skim)
5 Professional Development in Health Literacy Research	33-38	(skim)
6 A Call to Action	39-48	(skim)
7 Health Literacy Research Contributions to the National Action Plan	49-58	(skim)
8 Lessons Learned from the Workshop	59-62	(skim)
References	63-66	(skim)
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda	67-70	(skim)
Appendix B: Workshop Speaker Biosketches	71-78	(skim)
Appendix C: Workshop Report from the Health Literacy Annual Research Conference	79-96	(skim)

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Nearly nine out of 10 adults have difficulty using everyday health information to make good health decisions. The Institute of Medicine (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.

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