The Medical Library Association guide to health literacy
by
Kars, Marge, 1947-
Title
:
The Medical Library Association guide to health literacy
Author
:
Kars, Marge, 1947-
ISBN
:
9781555706258
Publication Information
:
New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2008.
Physical Description
:
xiv, 314 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
:
Medical Library Association guides
Contents
:
Introduction to health literacy / Lynda M. Baker, Marge Kars, and Feleta L. Wilson -- Review of the literature / Nancy Schaefer -- Social practices in talk as components of health literacy / Charlene Pope -- Cultural competence and health literacy / Misa Mi -- Impact of patient low literacy on the individual and family / Feleta L. Wilson -- The association between literacy and health : providing health information to adults with low literacy / Heather J. Martin and C. Nadine Wathen -- Health literacy for people with disabilities / Shelley Hourston -- Health literacy and America's senior citizens / Marcy Brown -- A new digital divide : teens and Internet literacy / Ellen Freda, Jonathan Hayes Goff, and Andrea L. Kenyon -- The health reference interview : getting to the heart of the question while assessing your customer's literacy skills / Karyn Prechtel -- Public libraries and health literacy / Barbara Bibel -- Health literacy in Canada : highlighting library initiatives / Susan Murray -- Consumer health services in hospitals : the front line for health literacy / Julie Esparza -- Health literacy in action : the Bronson experience / Marge Kars -- Intervention programs for health literacy / Cleo Pappas -- Forming and funding collaborations to address health literacy / Kristine Alpi and Dina Sherman.
Subject Term
:
Medical librarianship -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Health literacy -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Health education -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Patient education -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Literacy -- Health aspects -- United States.
Social medicine -- United States.
Medical libraries -- Reference services -- United States.
Libraries and illiterate persons.
Libraries and people with social disabilities.
Libraries and community.
Communication in medicine.
Added Author
:
Kars, Marge, 1947-
Baker, Lynda.
Wilson, Feleta L., 1945-
Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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Beytepe Library | Book | 7.2/15/13274 | Z675.M4 M497 2008 | | Due 12/31/24 |