Advancing Research in Health Literacy

美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）将健康素养定义为“个人获得，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能力程度”。“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。有限的识字能力和不良的健康结果之间的关系已经有了很好的记录，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都发表了关于“健康素养问题”的开创性报告。每一份报告都主张进一步研究，以便在卫生保健系统内制定有效的对策来解决这一问题，卫生知识普及方面的研究已经开始蓬勃发展。培养这一新兴研究领域的下一步是为致力于健康素养研究的调查人员创建一个全国性的专业跨学科之家。目前没有这样的场所。在这项拨款申请中，我们提议沿着一条致力于促进健康素养研究领域的多年轨迹举办第二次年度会议。医学研究所健康知识圆桌会议将提供会议场地，并通过其网站和与国家科学院出版社一起出版会议记录，支持传播。这次年会将旨在提供一个场所，集中关注健康素养研究，每年强调两个重要的分主题。第二年的次主题将是健康差距和患者安全。这次会议将成为青年调查人员的孵化器，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，在研究界有争议的话题可以公开讨论。Paasche-Orlow，M：有限的健康素养和不良的健康结果之间的关系已经被很好地记录下来，并且关于“健康素养问题”的开创性报告已经由医学研究所，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发布。培养这一新兴研究领域的下一步是为致力于健康素养研究的调查人员创建一个全国性的专业跨学科之家。在这项拨款申请中，我们建议提供一系列年度会议中的第二个，致力于促进健康素养研究领域。

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 second 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 provide meeting space and support dissemination via their Web site and by publishing proceedings of the meetings with the National Academies Press. This annual meeting will be designed to provide a venue to focus attention on health literacy research, emphasizing two important sub- themes each year. In year two the sub-themes will be health disparities and patient safety. 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. Paasche-Orlow, M: 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 second in a series of annual conferences dedicated to promoting the field of health literacy research.