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 gBHHHdX28557; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:17:39 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:17:39 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <E1BF501B4C3AD511954D00508BB8E35F03F5AAF3@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:3842] RE: 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: 3946 Lines: 90 Re: the AHRQ project. I checked with the AHRQ project officer and she told me that they don't usually post anything about reviews in progress. I don't think there is anything on the agency's web site, but here is the link to the Evidence-based Practice Centers, otherwise known as EPCs. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epc/ As I mentioned before, UNC is the center selected to conduct the review. At the IOM meeting, the UNC spokesperson said that they intend to make the review publicly available through publication in a peer-reviewed journal. I don't know if AHRQ has other dissemination methods. Just to clarify the IOM link. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is part of the National Academies of Science based here in Washington, D.C. The IOM undertakes studies and publishes reports on a wide variety of scientific topics. Its work is considered authoritative because the committees that oversee the reports are composed of leaders in whatever topic or field is being examined. The project I referenced is the IOM Committee on Health Literacy. The URL I provided is a direct link to the project page. Wrap-around URLs can usually be handled by copying and pasting in 2 steps. If this doesn't work, you can start at the Current Projects page of the National Academies web site, http://www4.nationalacademies.org/cp.nsf, type in health literacy and get to the project description. Someone mentioned Emory University in a posting. Emory may also have an organization for health literacy, separate from the IOM. Ruth Parker from Emory is a member of the IOM Committee on Health Literacy. If Ruth Parker, Julie Gazmararian or anyone else who works with Ruth and Julie are on the list, they could clarify what Emory has in place. Cynthia Baur -----Original Message----- From: Deborah W. Yoho [mailto:dwyoho@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 12:10 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3839] RE: IOM Committee on Health Literacy 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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