Health Literacy Research Conference

工程摘要 Paasche-Orlow，M：健康素养研究会议 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、处理和理解基本健康 做出适当的健康决策所需的信息和服务。“不幸的是， 整整22%的美国成年人只有基本的健康，另外14%的人低于基本的健康。 素养有限的识字率与不良健康结果之间的关系 已经有了很好的记录，关于健康素养的开创性报告已经发布， 美国医疗保健研究和质量局医学研究所 医学协会和医院认证联合委员会 组织等。这些报告都主张进一步研究， 制定有效的应对措施，卫生知识普及方面的研究也开始蓬勃发展。 培育这一新兴研究领域的一个重要步骤是建立一个 国家专业跨学科研究人员之家，致力于健康 识字研究。我们已经通过几次成功的会议奠定了基础。在这 赠款申请，我们建议扩大我们以前的工作，提供一系列的三个 沿着致力于促进该领域发展的多年轨迹， 健康素养研究。这些会议的目的是提供一个场所， 重视健康素养研究，强调健康素养研究在 患者安全、干预措施的有效性、质量、预防和护理等主题 管理和信息技术。会议将作为一个孵化器， 年轻的研究人员，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环境， 研究界的议题可以公开讨论。Paasche-Orlow博士 担任客座编辑的特殊期刊问题出现在每一个过去的 会议;我们计划继续我们成功的传播工作， 关于卫生知识的特别问题。我们还计划改进会议的网站， 它可以作为共享健康素养信息的公共资源 测量仪器。

Project Abstract Paasche-Orlow, M: Health Literacy Research Conference 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 step to cultivate this emerging research field is to establish a national professional interdisciplinary home for investigators dedicated to health literacy research. We have set the stage with several successful meetings. In this grant application we propose to expand on our prior work to deliver a series of three annual conferences along a multi-year trajectory dedicated to the promotion of the field of health literacy research. These meetings will be designed to provide a venue to focus attention on health literacy research, emphasizing the role of health literacy research in topics such as patient safety, effectiveness of interventions, quality, prevention and care management, and information technology. 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 additional special issues on Health Literacy. 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.