Health Literacy Research Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：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“个人有能力获取、处理和理解做出适当健康决策所需的基本健康信息和服务的程度”。不幸的是，22%的美国成年人只有基本的健康知识，另有14%的人低于基本的健康知识。有限的读写能力与不良健康结果之间的关系已被充分记录，医学研究所、医疗保健研究和质量机构、美国医学协会和医院组织认证联合委员会等机构发表了关于健康素养的开创性报告。每一份报告都主张进一步研究，以制定有效的应对措施，卫生知识普及方面的研究已开始蓬勃发展。培养这一新兴研究领域的一个重要步骤是建立一个全国性的专业

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 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.