Promoting Health Literacy to Encourage Prevention and Wellness: Workshop Summary

by Institute of Medicine, Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

Health literacy has been shown to affect health outcomes. The use of preventive services improves health and prevents costly health care expenditures. Several studies have found that health literacy makes a difference in the extent to which populations use preventive services. On September 15, 2009, the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Health Literacy held a workshop to explore approaches to integrate health literacy into primary and secondary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309215773
• ISBN13: 9780309215770
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"