Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion

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Table of Contents
Front Matter R1-R20
Executive Summary 1-18
1 Introduction 19-30
2 What Is Health Literacy? 31-58
3 Extent and Associations of Limited Health Literacy 59-107
4 Culture and Society 108-141
5 Educational Systems 142-166
6 Health Systems 167-239
7 Vision for a Health Literate America 240-242
Appendix A: Data Sources and Methods 243-254
Appendix B: Commissioned Papers 255-300
Appendix C: Sample Material from Selected Assessments of Literacy and Health Literacy 301-322
Appendix D: Committee and Staff Biographies 323-330
Index 331-346

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