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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2009. Measures of Health Literacy: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12690.
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Appendix A
Workshop Agenda

ROUNDTABLE ON HEALTH LITERACY

WORKSHOP ON MEASURES OF HEALTH LITERACY

Thursday, February 26, 2009

8:30 am–5:15 pm

Room 100

Keck Center of The National Academies

500 Fifth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20001

WORKSHOP AGENDA

Objectives

  • To review existing approaches for measuring health literacy

  • To review health system level approaches to assessing health literacy

  • To provide a vision for what could be done in population-based measurement of health literacy

7:45-8:30 am

Registration

8:30-8:45

Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop

 

George Isham, M.D., M.S.

Chair, Roundtable on Health Literacy

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2009. Measures of Health Literacy: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12690.
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8:45-9:00

Health Literacy Measurement: Mapping the Terrain

 

Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

9:00-11:15

Panel: Testing Individual Health Literacy

 

George Isham, M.D., M.S., Moderator

HealthPartners

9:00-9:15

Health Literacy Measurement: A Brief Review and Proposal

 

Andrew Pleasant, Ph.D.

Rutgers University

9:15-9:30

The Importance of a National Dataset for Health Literacy

 

Marin P. Allen, Ph.D.

National Institutes of Health

9:30-10:00

Discussion

10:00-10:15

BREAK

10:15-10:30

What Is Health Literacy and How Do We Measure It?

 

Lauren McCormack, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.

RTI International

10:30-10:45

Refining and Standardizing Health Literacy Assessment

 

Elizabeth Hahn, M.A.

Northwestern University

10:45-11:15

Discussion

11:15 am-12:30 pm

Panel: Other Approaches to Health Literacy Measurement

 

Cindy Brach, M.P.P., Moderator

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

11:15-11:30

Self-Report Measures of Health Literacy

 

Lisa D. Chew, M.D., M.P.H.

University of Washington

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2009. Measures of Health Literacy: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12690.
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11:30-11:45

Demographic Assessment for Health Literacy

 

Amresh Hanchate, Ph.D.

Boston University School of Medicine

11:45-12:00

Mapping Health Literacy

 

Nicole Lurie, M.D., M.S.P.H.

The RAND Corporation

12:00-12:30

Discussion

12:30-1:30

LUNCH

1:30-1:45

NAAL Data: To Use or Not to Use?

 

Barry Weiss, M.D.

University of Arizona College of Medicine

1:45-2:00

Discussion

2:00-3:00

Panel: Other Approaches to Health Literacy Measurement, continued

 

Cindy Brach, M.P.P., Moderator

2:00-2:15

Measuring the Function in Functional Health Literacy

 

Sandra Smith, M.P.H.

University of Washington School of Public Health

2:15-2:30

Health Literacy and Cancer Prevention: Do People Understand What They Hear?

 

Kathleen Mazor, Ed.D.

University of Massachusetts Medical School

2:30-3:00

Discussion

3:00-4:30

Panel: Measuring Health System Responses to Health Literacy

 

Carolyn Cocotas, R.T., M.P.A., Moderator

F.E.G.S. Health and Human Services System

3:00-3:15

America’s Health Insurance Plans’ Response to Health Literacy

 

Julie Gazmararian, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2009. Measures of Health Literacy: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12690.
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3:15-3:30

An Accreditor’s Effort to Push the Public Policy Agenda Forward

 

John P. DuMoulin, M.S.

URAC

3:30-3:45

Developing and Testing a CAHPS® Health Literacy Item Set

 

Beverly Weidmer Ocampo, M.A.

The RAND Corporation

3:45-4:00

Promoting Effective Communication: The Joint Commission’s Efforts to Address Culture, Language, and Health Literacy

 

Amy Wilson-Stronks, M.P.P.

The Joint Commission

4:00-4:30

Discussion

4:30-4:45

Measuring Health Literacy: What? So What? Now What?

Where do we want to go in terms of measuring health literacy? Measurement of health literacy requires measurement of skills (individual, community, and population level) as well as measurement of demands related to health and health care.

 

Ruth M. Parker, M.D.

Emory University School of Medicine

4:45-5:15

Discussion

5:15

ADJOURN

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Health literacy--the ability for individuals to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services to facilitate appropriate health decisions--is increasingly recognized as an important facet of health care and health outcomes. Although research on health literacy has grown tremendously in the past decade, there is no widely agreed-upon framework for health literacy as a determinant of health outcomes. Most instruments focus on assessing an individual's health literacy, yet the scope of health literacy reaches far beyond an individual's skills and abilities. Health literacy occurs in the context of the health care system, and therefore measures of health literacy must also assess the demands and complexities of the health care systems with which patients interact. For example, measures are needed to determine how well the system has been organized so that it can be navigated by individuals with different levels of health literacy and how well health organizations are doing at making health information understandable and actionable.

To examine what is known about measures of health literacy, the Institute of Medicine convened a workshop. The workshop, summarized in this volume, reviews the current status of measures of health literacy, including those used in the health care setting; discusses possible surrogate measures that might be used to assess health literacy; and explores ways in which health literacy measures can be used to assess patient-centered approaches to care.

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