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Health Literacy Implications for Health Care Reform: Workshop Summary

by Theresa Wizemann

Health literacy is the degree to which one can understand and make decisions based on health information. Nearly 90 million adults in the United States have limited health literacy. While poor health literacy spans all demographics, rates of low health literacy are disproportionately higher among those with lower socioeconomic status, limited education, or limited English proficiency, as well as among the elderly and individuals with mental or physical disabilities. Studies have shown that there is a correlation between low health literacy and poor health outcomes. In 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act designed to extend access to health care coverage to millions of Americans who have been previously uninsured. Many of the newly eligible individuals who should benefit most from the ACA, however, are least prepared to realize those benefits as a result of low health literacy. They will face significant challenges understanding what coverage they are eligible for under the ACA, making informed choices about the best options for themselves and their families, and completing the enrollment process. Health Literacy Implications for Health Care Reform explores opportunities to advance health literacy in association with the implementation of health care reform. The report focuses on building partnerships to advance the field of health literacy by translating research findings into practical strategies for implementation, and on educating the public, press, and policymakers regarding issues of health literacy.

Health Literacy, eHealth, and Communication: Putting the Consumer First - Workshop Summary

by Institute of Medicine

There is great enthusiasm over the use of emerging interactive health information technologies-often referred to as eHealth-and the potential these technologies have to improve the quality, capacity, and efficiency of the health care system. However, many doctors, advocacy groups, policy makers and consumers are concerned that electronic health systems might help individuals and communities with greater resources while leaving behind those with limited access to technology. In order to address this problem, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Health Literacy held a workshop to explore the current status of communication technology, the challenges for its use in populations with low health literacy, and the strategies for increasing the benefit of these technologies for populations with low health literacy. The summary of the workshop, "Health Literacy, eHealth, and Communication: Putting the Consumer First," includes participants' comments on these issues.

Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion

by Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

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 – 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 Opportunities Through Physical Education

by Charles B. Corbin Guy C. Le Masurier Karen E. McConnell David E. Corbin Terri D. Farrar

NIMAC-sourced textbook

Health Problems in the Classroom 6-12: An A-Z Reference Guide for Educators

by Dolores M. Huffman Karen Lee Fontaine Bernadette K. Price

This unique A-Z guide provides at-a-glance medical information about 150 illnesses, injuries, and medical conditions that affect adolescents in middle schools and high schools, providing details about signs and symptoms, attendance, medications, and more.

Health Problems in the Classroom PreK-6: An A-Z Reference Guide for Educators

by Dolores M. Huffman Karen Lee Fontaine Bernadette K. Price

This comprehensive, easy-to-use guide includes detailed information on 130 common disorders, covering signs and symptoms, primary groups affected, attendance guidelines, medications, and much more.

Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality

by Ann C. Greiner Elisa Knebel

The Institute of Medicine study Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001) recommended that an interdisciplinary summit be held to further reform of health professions education in order to enhance quality and patient safety. Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality is the follow up to that summit, held in June 2002, where 150 participants across disciplines and occupations developed ideas about how to integrate a core set of competencies into health professions education. These core competencies include patient-centered care, interdisciplinary teams, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics. This book recommends a mix of approaches to health education improvement, including those related to oversight processes, the training environment, research, public reporting, and leadership. Educators, administrators, and health professionals can use this book to help achieve an approach to education that better prepares clinicians to meet both the needs of patients and the requirements of a changing health care system.

Health Professions and Academia: How to Begin Your Career

by John Paul J. P. Sánchez Nicholas N. Brutus

This book increases undergraduate and graduate students' awareness of, interest in, and preparedness for academic health professions careers. It includes invaluable chapters that emphasize the importance of developing self-efficacy, knowledge, skills, and experiences not just for their resume but to build a foundation to strengthen students for the rest of their professional careers.The book provides the reader with basic information, tools, and a competitive edge through inspirational narratives from diverse graduate students and faculty, self-assessment exercises, and case-based discussion. These invaluable, authentic narratives will inspire, hearten, and encourage readers to pursue their health professional and academic careers confidently. Additionally, chapters outline the necessary tools for getting the most out of one's educational, research, service and leadership activities and optimize their competitiveness for graduate school and as pre-faculty.Unique, timely, and comprehensive, Health Professions and Academia provides undergraduate and graduate students with content to develop as competitive applicants to health-related graduate school and build a foundation from which they can establish successful careers in academia as future faculty, senior administrative leaders, and change agents.

Health Program Administrator: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series #C-3601)

by National Learning Corporation

The Health Program Administrator Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: administration; educating and interacting with the public; planning, staffing and managing a program; supervision; preparing written material; and other related areas.

Health Program Manager: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)

by National Learning Corporation

The Health Program Manager Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: state and federal laws and regulations; preparing reports; health care programs and trends; management and public administration; supervision; verbal and written communication; and more.

Health Psychology: Stress, Behaviour And Disease (Contemporary Psychology Ser. #Vol. 4)

by Douglas Carroll

This work, designed for A-Level and undergraduate students, describes how behaviour can interact with stress to produce ill-health and, conversely, how stress can be managed to avoid the dangers of heart disease and other illnesses. Health psychology has a relatively short history, but the past decade has witnessed an explosion of interest in this topic. It is designed to be accessible to the beginning psychology student but to take that student, or any other interested reader, to a depth sufficient to enable them to feel a sense of satisfaction in being able to co me to grips with the major theoretical and empirical perspectives that are influential in contemporary psychology. Professor Carroll has, himself, a distinguished record of research in health psychology and his own research and writing has substantially influenced the development of this field in Britain..

Health Record Technician I: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)

by National Learning Corporation

The Health Record Technician I Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: basic medical terminology, human terminology and human anatomy; health record systems and methodology used by health facilities; classification of morbidity and mortality information; meet and deal tactfully with the public; and other related areas.

Health Record Technician II: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)

by National Learning Corporation

The Health Record Technician II Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: basic medical terminology, human terminology and human anatomy; health record systems and methodology used by health facilities; classification of morbidity and mortality information; meet and deal tactfully with the public; and other related areas.

Health Science: Concepts and Applications

by Jacquelyn Rhine Marshall Sue C. Roe Linda Romano

NIMAC-sourced textbook

Health Service Nurse: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)

by National Learning Corporation

The Health Service Nurse Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: provide skilled nursing and follow-up care for both occupational and non-occupational illnesses and injuries; counsel employees on health and related problems; establish and maintain cooperative relationships with community health organizations and physicians; maintain helath records, supplies and equipment; observe and record results of various phases of examinations and testing; and other related areas.

Health Services Administrative Assistant: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)

by National Learning Corporation

The Health Services Administrative Assistant Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: basic medical procedures; medical terminology; understanding and interpreting written material; and more.

Health Services Manager: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)

by National Learning Corporation

The Health Services Manager Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to; Public health; Mental Hygiene; Management and administration principles and techniques; Fiscal and financial matters; Supervision and training principles and techniques; and more.

Health Services Research: Health Services Research (Success in Academic Surgery)

by Justin B. Dimick Carrie C. Lubitz

This updated volume provides insight into health services research, as well as the emerging areas of research and the tools required to perform scientific work. The book covers topics related to performance assessment, quality improvement, health care policy, and career development. New chapters on the evaluation of non-technical skills in surgery, methods of enhancing causal inference in observational studies, and writing scientific manuscripts are also included.Health Services Research aims to give advice on how to obtain National Institutes of Health funding and other grants, as well as breaking through the barriers to developing a career in academic surgery. This book is relevant to surgical residents and young surgical faculty, as well as anyone undertaking a career in academic surgery.

Health Services Specialist: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)

by National Learning Corporation

The Health Services Specialist Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: professional nursing principles and practices; working effectively in a multidisciplinary clinical staff; performing evaluations and preparing reports; verbal and written communication; and more.

Health T Level: Core Second Edition

by Mary Riley Judith Adams Stephen Hoare

Begin your path to a career in Health with our second edition T Level textbook that covers the core content you will need to understand to be successful in your qualification. Develop your knowledge and understanding of the key principles, concepts, theories, and skills that will give you a solid foundation to support you during your industry placement.Created in partnership with NCFE and written by highly respected authors Judith Adams, Stephen Hoare and Mary Riley, feel confident knowing you can rely on the insights and experience these experts.- Stay on track throughout the course, using the learning outcomes at the beginning of every unit and the 'Test yourself' questions throughout. - Improve your understanding of important terminology with a 'Key Terms' feature, as well as a detailed glossary.- Develop a deeper understanding of each topic with case studies, reflection tasks and practice points, which contextualise the content within the healthcare industry.- Reinforce professional skills with helpful tips and guidelines for good practice.- Feel confident going into the exams with opportunities to consolidate and test your learning with lots of practice questions.- Prepare for assignments with practical tasks and model answers, with relevant knowledge that will be useful to know highlighted throughout.For the September 2023, Version 3.0 specification.

Health T Level: Core Second Edition

by Mary Riley Judith Adams Stephen Hoare

Begin your path to a career in Health with our second edition T Level textbook that covers the core content you will need to understand to be successful in your qualification. Develop your knowledge and understanding of the key principles, concepts, theories, and skills that will give you a solid foundation to support you during your industry placement.Created in partnership with NCFE and written by highly respected authors Judith Adams, Stephen Hoare and Mary Riley, feel confident knowing you can rely on the insights and experience these experts.- Stay on track throughout the course, using the learning outcomes at the beginning of every unit and the 'Test yourself' questions throughout. - Improve your understanding of important terminology with a 'Key Terms' feature, as well as a detailed glossary.- Develop a deeper understanding of each topic with case studies, reflection tasks and practice points, which contextualise the content within the healthcare industry.- Reinforce professional skills with helpful tips and guidelines for good practice.- Feel confident going into the exams with opportunities to consolidate and test your learning with lots of practice questions.- Prepare for assignments with practical tasks and model answers, with relevant knowledge that will be useful to know highlighted throughout.For the September 2023, Version 3.0 specification.

Health T Level: Occupational Specialism

by Alison Burton

Begin your path to a career in Adult Nursing with the only textbook available for the Health T Level occupational specialism, created in partnership with NCFE.Covering all the units for the Adult Nursing specialism, this accessible and engaging textbook will equip you with a confident understanding of the knowledge and skills you need to be successful in this qualification.- Track and strengthen your knowledge using learning outcomes at the beginning of every unit and Test Yourself questions throughout- Improve your understanding of important terminology and key terms, plus contextualise your learning with case studies and reflection tasks- Prepare for your placement with tips on best practice and health and safety in the workplace, alongside 'what if' scenarios to place your learning into real-life contexts- Support the final assignments with practical activities, and use our assessment practice to develop your understanding and build confidence- Trust in our author's experience, with over 20 years of teaching and industry expertise

Health T Level: Occupational Specialism

by Alison Burton

Begin your path to a career in Adult Nursing with the only textbook available for the Health T Level occupational specialism, created in partnership with NCFE.Covering all the units for the Adult Nursing specialism, this accessible and engaging textbook will equip you with a confident understanding of the knowledge and skills you need to be successful in this qualification.- Track and strengthen your knowledge using learning outcomes at the beginning of every unit and Test Yourself questions throughout- Improve your understanding of important terminology and key terms, plus contextualise your learning with case studies and reflection tasks- Prepare for your placement with tips on best practice and health and safety in the workplace, alongside 'what if' scenarios to place your learning into real-life contexts- Support the final assignments with practical activities, and use our assessment practice to develop your understanding and build confidence- Trust in our author's experience, with over 20 years of teaching and industry expertise

Health and Education Interdependence: Thriving from Birth to Adulthood

by Brendon Hyndman Richard Midford Georgie Nutton Sven Silburn

This book explores the interdependence of health and education, and how optimising this important relationship provides the foundation for achieving improved life outcomes from birth into adulthood. Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, it draws on bio-medical, epidemiological, educational, psychological and economic evidence to demonstrate the benefits of the reflexive, positive associations between good health and educational attainment over the life course. In this, it offers readers insights into the complex nature of the nexus between health and education and how this relationship influences development. Health and Education Interdependence: Thriving from Birth to Adulthood is essential reading for education and health researchers and policymakers, teachers and public health and health promotion practitioners, as well as students studying in these fields.

Health and Education in Early Childhood

by Arthur J. Reynolds Arthur J. Rolnick Judy A. Temple Arthur J. Reynolds Arthur J. Rolnick

Health and Education in Early Childhood presents conceptual issues, research findings, and program and policy implications in promoting well-being in health and education in the first five years of life. Leading researchers in the multidisciplinary fields of early learning and human capital formation explore the themes of the integration of health and education in promoting young children's well-being; the timing of influences on child development; and the focus on multiple levels of strategies to promote healthy early development. Through this, a unique framework is provided to better understand how early childhood health and education predictors and interventions contribute to well-being at individual, family community, and societal levels and to policy development. Key topics addressed in the chapters include nutritional status, parenting, cognitive development and school readiness, conduct problems and antisocial behavior, obesity, and well-being in later childhood and adulthood.

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