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 i6JE5qb29528; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 10:05:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 10:05:52 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <410-2200471191411963@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: "Debbie Yoho" <dwyoho@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4494] Resources for Health Literacy X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: EarthLink MailBox 2004.1.89.0 (Windows) Status: O Content-Length: 4495 Lines: 92 >From Marcia Zorn, National Library of Medicine, posted by the moderator. Requests for print copoies should be sent to Marcia at Marcia_Zorn@nlm.nih.gov NOT TO THIS LIST OR THE MODERATOR. Many thanks, Debbie ____________ See the information below about Today's Capital Hill briefing on the IOM report. Also, I now have print copies of the Understanding Health Literacy and Its Barriers, a bibliography of selections primarily from Jan 1998-Nov 2003. (651 Citations). The online version at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/cbm/healthliteracybarriers.html <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/cbm/healthliteracybarriers.html> has advantages for use because citation links to records with abstracts online and a link to click on for "related articles" (a PubMed search is run using the subject headings of the particular citation). However, if you want a print copy, please let me know. Similarly, let me know if you want a print copy of the bibliography entitled Health Literacy (citations from 1990-Oct 1999) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/cbm/hliteracy.html <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/cbm/hliteracy.html> . (The 2 bibliographies are meant to be complementary). Also, here is information about a new 11 p. AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Brief IB70, June 2004: "Adequate Literacy and Health Literacy: Prerequisites for Informed Health Care Decision Making," by Joyce Dubow.). "Literacy and health literacy are skills that consumers must have to successfully navigate the health care system. This 11-page Issue Brief by Joyce Dubow of AARP's Public Policy Institute presents an overview of an under-recognized public policy issue. It addresses the importance of adequate literacy skills, the prevalence and effects of inadequate or marginal skills, and strategies to address the problems that arise from having poor skills. Finally, the public policy implications are identified, including the cost of poor health literacy to public and private payers and the importance of devising effective interventions to assist those with inadequate or marginal health literacy skills." http://research.aarp.org/health/ib70_literacy.html <http://research.aarp.org/health/ib70_literacy.html> <http://www.cmwf.org/images/emailAlertTracking/iom.gif> Today's Capitol Hill briefing on the Institute of Medicine's recent report, Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion, highlights the vital role communications plays in health care. Patients with limited proficiency in English or low health literacy have trouble accessing care, receive lower-quality care, and underutilize health services. The Commonwealth Fund supported the IOM report, issued April 28, and also has several grantees who are trying to develop solutions for these problems. * Dean Schillinger, M.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, wrote a commissioned paper for the report. He and colleagues have developed and implemented two types of self-management support-automated telephone-based management and group medical visits-tailored to the needs of diabetes patients with limited command of English or low health literacy. * Francesca Gany, M.D., of New York University, has been evaluating the effectiveness of Remote Simultaneous Medical Interpreting (RSMI), a new way to deliver interpreter services in health care settings. Preliminary results show that among Spanish-speaking patients, RSMI reduces linguistic errors by at least half compared with other forms of interpretation and also reduces visit time. Download Health Literacy from the IOM Web site. <http://www.iom.edu/project.asp?id=3827> Selected publications from The Commonwealth Fund: Providing <http://www.cmwf.org/programs/minority/youdelman_languageinterp_541.pdf> Language Interpretation Services in Health Care Settings: Examples from the Field. Mara Youdelman and Jane Perkins. May 2002. A <http://www.cmwf.org/programs/minority/mcdonough_statepolicyagenda_746.pdf> State Policy Agenda to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. John E. McDonough, Brian K. Gibbs, and Janet L. Scott-Harris, et al. June 2004. Hispanic <http://www.cmwf.org/programs/insurance/doty_hispanicdoubleburden_592.pdf> Patients' Double Burden: Lack of Health Insurance and Limited English. Michelle M. Doty. February 2003. Debbie Yoho Moderator, NIFL-Health Listserv Past-president, SC Adult Literacy Educators Director, Greater Columbia Literacy Council 2728 Devine Street Columbia, SC 29204 dwyoho@earthlink.net 803-765-2555
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