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Health Literacy: A Survey of the Issues and Solutions
dc.contributor.authorSchnitzer, Anna Ercoli
dc.contributor.authorRosenzweig, Merle
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Bethany
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-01T19:32:09Z
dc.date.available2011-12-01T19:32:09Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Consumer Health on the Internet, vol. 15, no. 2, 2011, pp. 164-179 <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/87996>en_US
dc.identifier.issn(Print) 1539-8285
dc.identifier.issn(Online) 1539-8293
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/87996
dc.description.abstractHealth literacy has been recognized as a pressing issue in providing good health care and holding down health care costs. This article presents various definitions of health literacy, enumerates the statistics and demographics of this significant global issue, provides a survey of the literature with links to the most authoritative Internet resources, and discusses the role the medical library community must take to address the subject of health literacy, especially as it relates to health care professionals. Selected fundamental online resources and literature on this vital topic are reviewed, with links to relevant sources.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherRoutledge, Taylor and Francis Groupen_US
dc.subjectConsumer Health Informationen_US
dc.subjectHealth Care Costsen_US
dc.subjectHealth Literacyen_US
dc.subjectMedical Jargonen_US
dc.subjectMedical Librariesen_US
dc.subjectMedspeaken_US
dc.titleHealth Literacy: A Survey of the Issues and Solutionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelInformation and Library Science
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumLibrary, University of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampusAnn Arboren_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/87996/1/Health_Literacy.pdf
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Consumer Health on the Interneten_US
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-4422-5490
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7875-1328
dc.identifier.name-orcidRosenzweig, Merle; 0000-0003-4422-5490en_US
dc.identifier.name-orcidSchnitzer, Anna Ercoli; 0000-0002-7875-1328en_US
dc.owningcollnameLibrary (University of Michigan Library)


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