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 i1DLcsI03166; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:38:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:38:54 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1076708101.402d4305b9935@webmail0.isis.unc.edu> 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: Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee <sylee@email.unc.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4331] Health literacy and social support X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Mailer: UNCWebmail v1.1.8 Status: O Content-Length: 1213 Lines: 34 Dear NIFL netters: The current focus of health literacy research and interventions is mostly, if not solely, on individual patients. We assume that low health literacy is an individual attribute that constrains patients' ability to deal with personal health problems. Ignored in this argument is that individuals may be resourceful and could rely on support in their social environment to compensate for their deficiencies and obtain proper health care. My colleagues and I recently published a paper in Social Science & Medicine to discuss the importance of integrating social support in health literacy research and interventions. We have also obtained funding to empirically test the ideas laid out in the paper. The research is ongoing. Information of the paper is provided below. Lee, SYD, Arozullah AM, Cho YI. Health literacy, social support, and health: A research agenda. Social Science & Medicine 2004; 58: 1309-1321. We'd appreciate your feedback. Best, Daniel Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee, Ph.D. Department of Health Policy and Administration University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1101 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, CB#7411 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7411 Tel: (919) 966-7770 Fax: (919) 966-6961
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