Advancing Research in Health Literacy

项目摘要 帕斯基-奥洛：推进健康素养研究 美国国立卫生研究院(NIH)将健康素养定义为 哪些人有能力获得、处理和了解基本健康 做出适当的健康决定所需的信息和服务。 整整22%的美国成年人只有基本健康状况，另外14%的人健康状况低于基本健康水平 识字。有限的识字率和不利的健康后果之间的关系 已经得到了很好的记录，关于健康素养的开创性报告已经由 美国医疗研究和质量机构医学研究所 医学会和医院认可联合委员会 组织和其他组织。这些报告中的每一篇都主张进一步研究 制定有效的应对措施，健康素养方面的研究开始蓬勃发展。 培育这一新兴研究领域的重要下一步是创建一个 为致力于健康的研究人员提供的国家专业跨学科之家 识字研究。目前还不存在这样的场地。在这份赠款申请中，我们 提议在多年的轨道上举办第五次年度会议，致力于 促进健康素养领域的研究。这次会议的目的是 提供一个关注健康素养研究的场所，强调 消除种族和民族健康差距方面的健康素养研究 以健康素养为导向的干预措施。这次会议将成为年轻人的孵化器。 并将鼓励跨学科的知识交流， 协作和创造力。我们的目标是创造一个有争议的环境 研究社区内的话题可以公开讨论。帕斯基-奥洛医生已经 曾担任过去每一期特别期刊的客座编辑 会议；我们计划继续我们成功的传播努力，通过另一个特别 《健康传播杂志》即将出版的《健康素养》杂志。我们 我还计划改进会议的网站，使其成为以下方面的公共资源 分享有关健康素养测量工具的信息。今年的 会议将在华盛顿的国家科学院大楼举行， 华盛顿特区。

Project Abstract Paasche-Orlow, M: Advancing Research in Health Literacy The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has defined health literacy as the "degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions." Unfortunately, fully 22% of US adults have only basic and an additional 14% have below basic health literacy. The relationship between limited literacy and adverse health outcomes has been well documented, and seminal reports about health literacy have been issued by the Institute of Medicine, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, American Medical Association, and Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospital Organizations among others. Each of these reports advocates further research to develop an effective response and research in health literacy has begun to flourish. An important next step to cultivate this emerging research field is to create a national professional interdisciplinary home for investigators dedicated to health literacy research. Currently no such venue exists. In this grant application we propose to deliver a fifth annual conference along a multi-year trajectory dedicated to the promotion of the field of health literacy research. This meeting will be designed to provide a venue to focus attention on health literacy research, emphasizing the role of health literacy research in the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities and on health literacy oriented interventions. The meeting will serve as an incubator for young investigators and will encourage a cross-disciplinary exchange of knowledge, collaboration, and creativity. We aim to create an environment in which controversial topics within the research community can be openly discussed. Dr. Paasche-Orlow has served as a guest editor for special journal issues emerging from each of the past meetings; we plan to continue our successful dissemination efforts with another special issue on Health Literacy to be published by the Journal of Health Communication. We also plan to improve the meeting's Web site so that it can serve as a public resource for sharing information about health literacy measurement instruments. This year the meeting will take place at the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, DC.