Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id gBCM64X28743; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 17:06:04 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 17:06:04 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <E1BF501B4C3AD511954D00508BB8E35F03F5AAC5@ophs1.ophs.gov> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Baur, Cynthia" <CBaur@osophs.dhhs.gov> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3820] IOM Committee on Health Literacy X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) Status: O Content-Length: 1442 Lines: 28 I thought I would take advantage of Debbie's message to stimulate activity on the list to provide information on 2 new activities related to health literacy that everyone might not have heard about yet. One is the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Health Literacy. The Committee has met twice in Washington, D.C. and I believe is scheduled to meet on the West Coast next. It appears to be on a relatively quick pace as these things go. I have included a link to the IOM's web pages on the project that include the charge and names of committee members. Each meeting has some closed and public sessions. The web site also has a feature that allows members of the public to provide comment and feedback. http://www4.nationalacademies.org/webcr.nsf/5c50571a75df494485256a95007a091e /f7cdc0e12f2c440085256c300069828c?OpenDocument The other activity is an evidence-based review that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is conducting. The AMA nominated health literacy for review by AHRQ. AHRQ approved the proposal, and the review has been assigned to the University of North Carolina, one of AHRQ's evidence-based practice centers, to conduct. The project was described at the IOM meeting on Tues. Dec. 10. I don't know if the slides from the presentation are available. I didn't find the review listed on the AHRQ web site yet. Cynthia Baur HHS
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