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Appendix C: Speaker Biosketches
Appendix C: Speaker Biosketches
Pages 141-148
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Her research interests lie at the intersection of human factors research, decision science, and health literacy. Recent publications and ongoing projects focus on health numeracy, risk communication, data visualization for patients as well as physicians, and decision support.
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Dr. Apter's interest in health literacy evolved from her experiences as a school teacher, and then working with patients and the realization that limited educational opportunities affect the acquisition of health care and the self-management of chronic diseases, including asthma.
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health literacy intervention to increase regular breast and colorectal cancer screening among patients in Federally Qualified Health Centers. Building on this work, she was recently awarded an American Cancer Society (ACS)
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Previously, she was a senior researcher at the National Center on Adult Literacy at the University of Pennsylvania for 12 years, directing or contributing to a number of national research and professional development projects. She has served on numerous national advisory groups, was a founding member of the Adult Numeracy Network, designs and provides professional development on numeracy for multiple states, and has published and presented her work nationally and internationally.
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He has been the recipient of the National Press Club's First Place Award for Excellence in Consumer Journalism, the Esther Peterson Consumer Service Award from the Consumer Federation of America, the Consumer Advocate award from the National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators, and the annual Friend of Consumer Award from the American Council on Consumer Interests. A graduate of Amherst College and University of Chicago Law School, Krughoff early in his career served as special assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and then as director of the Office of Research and Evaluation Planning at the U.S.
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Her recent work includes studies testing consumer reactions to new health insurance disclosure forms; launching an initiative to measure consumers' health insurance literacy; a study that explores approaches to actuarial value estimation; and a study that examines the use of "choice architecture" in health plan chooser tools. Work in progress includes consumer testing explanations of the new health premium tax credit.
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. She served on the IOM Committee on Health Literacy, the National Research Council Committee on Measuring Adult Literacy, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Workgroup on Oral Health Literacy, and the Joint Commission Advisory Committee on Health Literacy and Patient Safety.
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His projects have included the National Survey of Medical Decisions (often called the DECISIONS Study) , a grant funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, studying perceptions of risk from dioxin exposure within affected communities; an ACS award regarding the development and testing of visual displays of risk; and several small projects examining how patient testimonials influence risk perceptions and decision making.
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