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 gBGH9oX23685; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:09:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:09:50 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <410-220021211617624228@earthlink.net> 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: "Deborah W. Yoho" <dwyoho@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3839] RE: IOM Committee on Health Literacy X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: EarthLink MailBox 2003.1.12.0 (Windows) Status: O Content-Length: 1985 Lines: 52 Cynthia, please share the web address for the AHRQ. Many thanks. Debbie Deborah W. Yoho Moderator, NIFL-Health Discussion Group Executive Director, Greater Columbia Literacy Council 2728 Devine St. Columbia, SC 29205 803-765-2555 dwyoho@earthlink.net > [Original Message] > From: Baur, Cynthia <CBaur@OSOPHS.DHHS.GOV> > To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> > Date: 12/12/2002 5:05:29 PM > Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3820] IOM Committee on Health Literacy > > 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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