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  1. Curriculum Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    January 01, 2021 - Advancing Pharmacy Health Literacy Practices Through Quality Improvement Advancing Pharmacy Health … Literacy Practices Through Quality Improvement: Curricular Modules for Faculty is a set of modules to … help pharmacy faculty integrate health literacy and health literacy quality improvement into courses

  2. Health Literacy and Patient Safety: Help Patients Understand. Manual for Clinicians. 2nd ed. | PSNet

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    November 26, 2008 - Book/Report Health Literacy and Patient Safety: Help Patients Understand. … Citation Text: Health Literacy and Patient Safety: Help Patients Understand. … This book provides information about the safety issues of  health literacy and offers methods for … September 20, 2017 Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. … July 8, 2016 Health Literacy: Past, Present, and Future: Workshop Summary.

  3. A low literacy, multimedia health information technology intervention to enhance patient-centered cancer care in safety net settings increased cancer knowledge in a randomized controlled trial. | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - A low literacy, multimedia health information technology intervention to enhance patient-centered cancer … A low literacy, multimedia health information technology intervention to enhance patient-centered cancer … 34565193/ Principal Investigator Hahn, Elizabeth Project Name Implementing a Low-Literacy … Document Type Journal Publication Population Adults Individuals with Low Literacy

  4. Guidelines and Other Resources To Fine-tune Your Writing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    September 01, 2019 - These tools will help you write effectively for an audience that includes people with a broad range of literacy … Health Literacy Online: A Guide to Writing and Designing Easy-to-Use Health Web Sites. … This guide provides information on creating health Web sites and Web content for users with limited literacy … The Health Literacy Style Manual. … Teaching Patients With Low Literacy Skills, Second Edition. Philadelphia; J.B.

  5. The Effects of Age, Cognition, and Health Literacy on Use of a Patient EMR | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - The Effects of Age, Cognition, and Health Literacy on Use of a Patient EMR Project … In particular, the project looked at the health numeracy aspect of health literacy in their evaluation … The results of the study strongly suggest that the numeracy aspect of health literacy is critical to … Age, Cognition, and Health Literacy on Use of a Patient EMR - 2010 × Disclaimer … The Effects of Age, Cognition, and Health Literacy on Use of a Patient EMR - Final Report.

  6. Implementing a Low-Literacy, Multimedia Information Technology System to Enhance Patient-Centered Cancer Care - Final Report | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - Implementing a Low-Literacy, Multimedia Information Technology System to Enhance Patient-Centered Cancer … Implementing a Low-Literacy, Multimedia Information Technology System to Enhance Patient-Centered Cancer … PDF Implementing a Low-Literacy, Multimedia Information Technology System to Enhance Patient-Centered … Principal Investigator Hahn, Elizabeth Project Name Implementing a Low-Literacy, Multimedia

  7. Parents' medication administration errors: role of dosing instruments and health literacy. | PSNet

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    May 31, 2017 - Parents' medication administration errors: role of dosing instruments and health literacy … Parents' medication administration errors: role of dosing instruments and health literacy. … Limited health literacy was also associated with parents' dosing errors. … A previous WebM&M commentary  discusses safety problems caused by low health literacy.  … Parents' medication administration errors: role of dosing instruments and health literacy.

  8. ABCDEF Bundle Data Literacy Training, Performance Measurement Tracking, and Performance Feedback | PSNet

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    September 23, 2024 - ABCDEF Bundle + Data Literacy Training, Performance Measurement Tracking, and Performance Feedback … Scripts and tools to facilitate ongoing data literacy training (e.g., daily use of a huddle sheet for … The Innovation Team was interested in learning whether increasing staff’s data literacy affects bundle … Some of the data literacy gaps that the Innovation Team noticed were related to staff understanding of … Scripts and tools to facilitate ongoing data literacy training (e.g., daily use of a huddle sheet for

  9. Patients with low health literacy make more errors interpreting instructions and warnings. | PSNet

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    May 03, 2023 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Patients with low health literacy make more errors interpreting … Citation Text: Patients with low health literacy make more errors interpreting instructions and warnings … This article describes the impact of low personal health literacy on medication safety. … Cite Citation Citation Text: Patients with low health literacy … Related Resources Patient Safety Primers Personal Health Literacy

  10. Health Literacy Practices in Primary Care Settings: Examples from the Field. | PSNet

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    April 27, 2022 - Book/Report Health Literacy Practices in Primary Care Settings: Examples from the … Citation Text: Health Literacy Practices in Primary Care Settings: Examples from the Field. … communication with patients in primary care practices and provides recommendations to improve health literacy … Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Health Literacy … September 21, 2022 View More Related Resources AHRQ Health Literacy

  11. How Can Health Care Organizations Become More Health Literate?: Workshop Summary. | PSNet

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    October 08, 2014 - This report details the results of a workshop on health literacy in health care organizations. … April 14, 2010 Health Literacy: Past, Present, and Future: Workshop Summary. … July 12, 2016 Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. … August 26, 2020 Health literacy and patient safety events. … April 13, 2011 National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy.

  12. The Safe Use Initiative and Health Literacy: Workshop Summary. | PSNet

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    October 08, 2014 - Book/Report The Safe Use Initiative and Health Literacy: Workshop Summary. … Citation Text: The Safe Use Initiative and Health Literacy: Workshop Summary. … Vancheri C; Roundtable on Health Literacy; Institute of Medicine. … Vancheri C; Roundtable on Health Literacy; Institute of Medicine. … April 14, 2010 Health Literacy: Past, Present, and Future: Workshop Summary.

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 31, 2023 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/strategies-improve-organizational-health-literacy Background Health literacy … Organizational health literacy complements personal health literacy. … Reasons to Adopt Health Literacy Universal Precautions Health literacy universal precautions takes the … only 12% had a proficient level of health literacy.5 People with limited health literacy come from … Health Literacy Strategies for Organizations Health literacy is integral to the mission, structure,

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    October 31, 2023 - Digital Health Literacy October 31, 2023 Seidel E, Cortes T, Chong C. Digital Health Literacy. … Digital health literacy, sometimes referred to as eHealth literacy, is defined by the World Health Organization … Digital health literacy requires personal health literacy skills. … of digital health literacy: 1. … Digital Literacy. ALA Literacy Clearinghouse. Accessed August 11, 2023. [Available at] 5.

  15. Misunderstanding of prescription drug warning labels among patients with low literacy. | PSNet

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    February 28, 2011 - Study Misunderstanding of prescription drug warning labels among patients with low literacy … Misunderstanding of prescription drug warning labels among patients with low literacy. … Misunderstanding of prescription drug warning labels among patients with low literacy. … January 21, 2009 Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labels … November 7, 2018 Visual acuity, literacy, and unintentional misuse of nonprescription

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 30, 2023 - Personal Health Literacy August 30, 2023 Bakerjian D. Personal Health Literacy. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/digital-health-literacy https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-prescription-end-confusion … innovations in health literacy research,8 how health literacy impacts public health and health care … Health literacy universal precautions14 involve organizational health literacy strategies that will … Strategies to Improve Personal Health Literacy Efforts to improve personal health literacy include interventions

  17. The Effects of Age, Cognition, and Health Literacy on Use of a Patient EMR - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2010 - The Effects of Age, Cognition, and Health Literacy on Use of a Patient EMR - 2010 Project … Name The Effects of Age, Cognition, and Health Literacy on Use of a Patient EMR Principal … Status as of December 2010 Target Population: Adults, Elderly * , Low Literacy … Participants will include individuals aged 40-to-85 years with low and high health-literacy levels, as … measured by the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA).

  18. In Conversation with...Dean Schillinger, MD | PSNet

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    March 01, 2009 - RW: Can you describe what the health literacy field is about? … health literacy as a systems problem. … RW: What have we come to learn about measuring health literacy? … : Improving Health Literacy to Protect Patient Safety. … The Health Literacy of America's Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy.

  19. Facilitating Patient Understanding of Discharge Instructions: Workshop Summary. | PSNet

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    October 08, 2014 - Alper J, Hernandez LM; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice … Poor health literacy has been identified as an important threat to patient safety, particularly through … April 14, 2010 Health Literacy: Past, Present, and Future: Workshop Summary. … July 5, 2016 Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. … June 16, 2012 The Safe Use Initiative and Health Literacy: Workshop Summary.

  20. A case study on language barriers, health literacy, and family interpretation: What is ethical communication? | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2024 - A case study on language barriers, health literacy, and family interpretation: What is ethical communication … A case study on language barriers, health literacy, and family interpretation: What is ethical communication … Care Needs Document Type Journal Publication Population Individuals with Low Literacy
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