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The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. National Medical Association, 295 National Urban League, 295 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), 14–15, 103, 127, 136, 183, 197, 205, 291 Agency for International Development(AID), 25 Agency roles, 191–201 AHRQ. See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AID. See Agency for International Development Alaska Natives, literacy proficiency among, 63 ALL. See Adult Literacy & Lifeskills Survey Alzheimer’s Association of Los Angeles, 135 AMA. See American Medical Association American Academy of Neurology, 297 American Association of Family Physicians Foundation, 26 American Cancer Society, 119 American Medical Association (AMA), 160, 193 Ad Hoc Committee on Health Literacy, 36, 109 American Public Health Association, 160 Americans with Disabilities Act, 184 n America’s health literacy advocacy organizations, 286 employers, 286 governmental and social service agencies, 286–287 insurers, 286 organizations and systems acting to improve, 286–287 Approaches to improving health literacy, 127–137 approaches to increasing language access, 136–137 collaborative programs, 134–136 community opportunities, 127, 132–133 nongovernmental organizations, 134 Asian Health Services, 133 “Ask Me 3” program, 160 Assessment Framework Matrix, 152 Assessment of health literacy, in educational settings, 151–152 Assessments of literacy and health literacy excerpts from the National Adult Literacy Survey, 308–322 excerpts from the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults, 304–307 Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine, 302–303 sample material from selected, 301–322 Association of American Colleges and Universities, 147 Associations of limited health literacy, 6–9, 59–107 associations with health knowledge, behavior, and outcomes, 82–100 in health knowledge, behavior, and outcomes, 7, 82–100 Attaining Cultural Competency and Enriching Health Service Solutions, 133 Awareness, cultural, 112 B Background information, 250–254 Basic print literacy, 38–39 Bayer Corporation, 146 Behavior, associations of limited health literacy with, 7, 82–100 Behavioral Health Risk Factor Surveillance System (BHRFSS), 14, 53, 55 BHRFSS. See Behavioral Health Risk Factor Surveillance System Billie, Alvin, 132 Bolivia, literacy proficiency in, 83 Bridging Disciplines in the Brain: Behavioral and Clinical Sciences, 224 Building Effective AIDS Response initiative, 218 Bureau of Primary Health Care, 197, 219 C CAHL. See Coalition for Allied Health Leadership CAHPS. See Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey Calculating literacy, 45 California HealthCare Foundation, 26 California Literacy, Inc., 160 California Medical Association (CMA), 160
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