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Health Literacy
Author: Institute of Medicine
language: en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date: 2004-07-29
To maintain their own health and the health of their families and communities, consumers rely heavily on the health information that is available to them. This information is at the core of the partnerships that patients and their families forge with today's complex modern health systems. This information may be provided in a variety of forms â€" ranging from a discussion between a patient and a health care provider to a health promotion advertisement, a consent form, or one of many other forms of health communication common in our society. Yet millions of Americans cannot understand or act upon this information. To address this problem, the field of health literacy brings together research and practice from diverse fields including education, health services, and social and cultural sciences, and the many organizations whose actions can improve or impede health literacy. Health Literacy: Prescription to End Confusion examines the body of knowledge that applies to the field of health literacy, and recommends actions to promote a health literate society. By examining the extent of limited health literacy and the ways to improve it, we can improve the health of individuals and populations.
Health Literacy in Medicines Use and Pharmacy
Health Literacy in Medicines Use and Pharmacy: A Definitive Guide highlights issues related to the medication literacy from the context of pharmacist and other healthcare professionals. There is a lack of adequate educational resources and textbooks on pharmacy health literacy. This book provides a clear explanation of medication literacy, presents different tools to assess health literacy, readability and comprehensibility of written medicine information (WMI), elaborates on different approaches to develop customized and patient-friendly WMI, and assists in the global effort for harmonization and availability of quality WMI. Written by experts in medical communication, Health Literacy in Medicines Use and Pharmacy will help pharmacists, other health professionals, educators, and regulators who may be ill-equipped to develop customized education material and to provide effective medication literacy information, especially for patients with low health literacy. - Focuses on applying health literacy specifically within pharmacy and medicine use context, leading to a compilation of important content about medication literacy - Empowers healthcare professionals with the necessary knowledge about medication literacy - Provides different approaches to develop customized and patient-friendly written medicines information, including using pictograms in medication instructions - Highlights the use of information and digital health technology in medication literacy, including mHealth applications, wearable devices, educational videos, and gamification strategies
The Oxford Handbook of Translation and Social Practices
The Oxford Handbook of Translation and Social Practices draws on a wide array of case studies from all over the world to demonstrate the value of different forms of translation - written, oral, audiovisual - as social practices that are essential to achieve sustainability, accessibility, inclusion, multiculturalism, and multilingualism. Edited by Meng Ji and Sara Laviosa, this timely collection illustrates the interactions between translation studies and the social and natural sciences, reformulating the scope of this discipline as a socially-oriented, empirical, and ethical research field in the 21st century.