Health literacy : improving health, health systems, and health policy around the world : workshop summary / Lyla M. Hernandez, Rapporteur ; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

"The roots of health literacy can be traced back to the national literacy movement in India under Gandhi and to aid groups working in Africa to promote education and health. The term health literacy was first used in 1974 and described as "health education meeting minimal standards for all...

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Other Authors: Hernandez, Lyla M. (Contributor), Pleasant, Andrew F., 1962-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2013]
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