New Federal Policy Initiatives To Boost Health Literacy Can Help The Nation Move Beyond The Cycle Of Costly 'Crisis Care'
New Federal Policy Initiatives To Boost Health Literacy Can Help The Nation Move Beyond The Cycle Of Costly 'Crisis Care'
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10.1377/hlthaff.2011.1169
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发表时间：
2012-02-01
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9.7
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Zerhusen, Eileen G.
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作者：
Koh, Howard K.;Berwick, Donald M.;Zerhusen, Eileen G.
健康素养是了解基本健康信息并做出适当健康决策的能力。数以千万计的美国人的健康素养有限，这一事实对提供高质量护理构成了重大挑战。尽管健康素养很重要，但直到最近，它还被置于旨在增加获得机会、提高质量和更好地管理成本的医疗保健改善努力的边缘。最近的联邦政策举措，包括 2010 年平价医疗法案、卫生与公众服务部提高健康素养国家行动计划以及 2010 年平价写作法案，已将健康素养带到了一个转折点，即准备从边缘过渡到主流。如果公共和私人组织将健康素养作为优先事项，那么国家的健康素养就可以提高到在改善所有美国人的医疗保健和健康方面发挥重要作用的程度。
Health literacy is the capacity to understand basic health information and make appropriate health decisions. Tens of millions of Americans have limited health literacy-a fact that poses major challenges for the delivery of high-quality care. Despite its importance, health literacy has until recently been relegated to the sidelines of health care improvement efforts aimed at increasing access, improving quality, and better managing costs. Recent federal policy initiatives, including the Affordable Care Act of 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services' National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy, and the Plain Writing Act of 2010, have brought health literacy to a tipping point-that is, poised to make the transition from the margins to the mainstream. If public and private organizations make it a priority to become health literate, the nation's health literacy can be advanced to the point at which it will play a major role in improving health care and health for all Americans.