Advancing Research in Health Literacy

描述（由申请人提供）：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“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得到充分证明，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“健康读写能力问题”的开创性报告。每一份报告都主张进一步研究，在卫生保健系统内制定有效的应对措施，以解决这一问题，卫生素养方面的研究已开始蓬勃发展。培育这一新兴研究领域的重要下一步是为致力于健康素养研究的研究人员创建一个全国性的专业跨学科家园。目前还没有这样的场地。在这项拨款申请中，我们提议举办第三次年度会议，沿着多年的轨迹，致力于促进健康素养研究领域。医学卫生素养圆桌会议研究所将通过其网站以及举办讲习班和出版关于会议结果的报告来支持传播。本次年会旨在提供一个场所，集中关注卫生知识普及研究，每年强调两个重要的分主题。第三年的分主题将是卫生知识普及在卫生差距和卫生保健质量方面的作用。会议将成为年轻研究人员的孵化器，并将鼓励跨学科的知识交流和合作。我们的目标是创造一个环境，在这个环境中，研究界有争议的话题可以公开讨论。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 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 the "problem of 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 within health care systems to address the problem 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 third annual conference along a multi-year trajectory dedicated to the promotion of the field of health literacy research. The Institute of Medicine Health Literacy Round Table will support dissemination via their Web site and by holding a workshop and publishing a report on the findings of the meeting. This annual meeting will be designed to provide a venue to focus attention on health literacy research, emphasizing two important subthemes each year. In year three the sub-themes will be the role of health literacy in health disparities and the quality of health care. The meeting will serve as an incubator for young investigators and will encourage a cross- disciplinary exchange of knowledge and collaboration. We aim to create an environment in which controversial topics within the research community can be openly discussed. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Advancing Research in Health Literacy The relationship between limited health literacy and adverse health outcomes has been well documented, and seminal reports about the "problem of 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. 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. In this grant application we propose to deliver the third in a series of annual conferences dedicated to promoting the field of health literacy research.