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 i1NFo2I26380; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 10:50:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 10:50:02 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <00b301c3fa24$900502c0$0300a8c0@lisa1> 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: "Lisa H. Schmalzried" <ccread@alltel.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4334] Re: Health literacy and social support X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1576 Lines: 42 Where might we obtain a copy of this paper? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee" <sylee@email.unc.edu> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 4:38 PM Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4331] Health literacy and social support > 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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