Advancing Research in Health Literacy

项目摘要 Paasche-Orlow，M：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、处理和理解基本健康 提供所需的信息和服务，以做出适当的健康决定。“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下一步重要措施是创建一个 国家专业跨学科研究人员之家，致力于健康 识字研究。目前没有这样的场所。在这份资助申请中，我们 提议在沿着一个多年期轨道上举行第五次年度会议， 促进健康素养领域的研究。本次会议旨在 提供一个场所，集中关注健康素养研究，强调的作用， 在消除种族和民族健康差距方面的健康知识普及研究， 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， 《健康传播杂志》将刊登一期关于健康素养的文章。我们 我还计划改进会议的网站，使其成为一个公共资源， 分享有关卫生知识普及衡量工具的信息。今年 会议将在华盛顿的国家科学院大楼举行， DC.

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.