Innovations in Health Literacy: Workshop Summary

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Table of Contents
Front Matter R1-R14
1 Introduction 1-2
2 Report on the First Annual Research on Health Literacy Conference 3-6
3 The Role of Health Literacy in Health Disparities Research 7-22
4 The Role of Health Literacy in Health Information Technology 23-32
5 Professional Development in Health Literacy Research 33-38
6 A Call to Action 39-48
7 Health Literacy Research Contributions to the National Action Plan 49-58
8 Lessons Learned from the Workshop 59-62
References 63-66
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda 67-70
Appendix B: Workshop Speaker Biosketches 71-78
Appendix C: Workshop Report from the Health Literacy Annual Research Conference 79-96

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6		A CALL TO ACTION		39
		The National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy,		39
		Health Literacy Research in Action: Empowering Patients and Improving Health Care Quality,		41
		Health Literacy Research: Looking Toward a National Agenda,		44
		Discussion,		47
7		HEALTH LITERACY RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATIONAL ACTION PLAN		49
		The Role of Health Literacy Research in the National Action Plan,		49
		National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy: Goal 6, Research,		53
		Discussion,		56
8		LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE WORKSHOP		59
		REFERENCES		63
		APPENDIXES
A		WORKSHOP AGENDA		67
B		WORKSHOP SPEAKER BIOSKETCHES		71
C		WORKSHOP REPORT FROM THE HEALTH LITERACY ANNUAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE		79

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3-1		Conceptual model of health literacy,		8
3-2		Understanding disparities in access to and quality of health care,		9

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