Health Literacy Past, Present, and Future: Workshop Summary (2015) / Chapter Skim
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In that same year, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) published a systematic review and analysis of evidence about the relationship between health literacy and health outcomes and the effective 1 The planning committee's role was limited to planning the workshop, and this summary has been prepared by the workshop rapporteur as a factual summary of what occurred at the workshop.
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It is very appropriate for us to pause and take note, see where we have come, and to reflect upon on what we hear today and talk about the future challenges and future opportunities." Victor Dzau, the recently inaugurated president of the IOM, remarked from his perspective as a cardiologist and the former chancellor for health affairs at Duke University and the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Duke University Health System, how important health literacy is for addressing the social determinants of health and the health disparities that exist in the U.S.
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The planning committee included Luis Bravo from the Office of the Commissioner at FDA and designated federal officer on the Risk Communication Advisory Committee; Terry Davis, professor of medicine and pediatrics at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport; George Isham; Michael Paasche-Orlow, associate professor of medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine; Scott Ratzan, vice president for global corporate affairs at AnheuserBusch InBev; Rima Rudd, senior lecturer on health literacy, education, and policy at the Harvard School of Public Health; and Winston Wong, medical director for Community Benefit and director of Disparities Improvement and Quality Initiatives at Kaiser Permanente. This publication summarizes
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Chapter 3 discusses health literacy and medications; Chapter 4 discusses the role that health literacy plays in delivering high-quality, patient-centered health care; and Chapter 5 reviews what has been happening in the area of education and health literacy. Chapter 6 recounts the panel discussion that looked at the future of health literacy, and Chapter 7 covers the Roundtable's discussions of where the field of health literacy needs to go and its reflections on the key lessons learned at this workshop.
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