Tag Archives: Heart failure

Health Literacy Conference Highlights

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

Siobhan Champ-Blackwell is attending the Institute of Healthcare Advancement Health Literacy Conference and made the following discoveries.     Thank you for sharing Siobhan.     I will be adding several new links to our Improving Health Literacy LibGuide! “I am at the Institute … Continue reading →

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[HealthLiteracy 5688] Health Literacy and Outcomes Among Patients With Heart Failure — JAMA Article

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

The following was a post on the HealthLiteracy Listserv, posted by Siobhan Champ-Blackwell. Peterson PN, Shetterly SM, Clarke CL, et al. “Health literacy and outcomes among patients with heart failure.” Journal of the American Medical Association. 2011; 305(16): 1695-1701 http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/305/16/1695.abstract … Continue reading →

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Health Literacy Interventions and Outcomes: An Updated Systematic Review

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tp/lituptp.htm March 2011 This updates a 2004 systematic review of health care service use and health outcomes related to differences in health literacy level and interventions designed to improve these outcomes for individuals with low health literacy. Disparities in health … Continue reading →

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