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The Medical Library Association guide to health literacy / edited by Marge Kars, Lynda M. Baker, and Feleta L. Wilson.

Contributor(s): Series: Medical Library Association guidesPublication details: New York, NY : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2008.Description: xiv, 314 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781555706258 (pbk.) :
  • 1555706258 (pbk.) :
Other title:
  • Guide to health literacy
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Z675.M4 M497 2008
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Library Science Collection Z 675 .M4 M497 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 602661

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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