A transdisciplinary approach to improve health literacy and reduce disparities.

Full Abstract

A challenge to public health professionals, health care providers, and consumers is to come together to improve the quality of health care and to eliminate disparities. Improving health literacy skills along with a transdisciplinary approach to care contributes to effective patient-provider communication. This article addresses a team approach to health care, a community health center experience, self-management skills, patient education, and cultural competency training. In addition, the authors provide concepts that can be incorporated in health care settings to eliminate health disparities and improve health literacy.

Learn Faster Today Improve your study skills

Author information

Author/s: Lloyd, Linda L Johnston (LL); Ammary, Neyal J (NJ); Epstein, Leonard G (LG); Johnson, Rae (R); Rhee, Kyu (K);

Affiliation: Center for Quality at the Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Health promotion practice (Health Promot Pract), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Jul; vol 7 (issue 3) : pp 331-5

Dates: Created 2006/08/30; Completed 2006/11/30; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 16760237, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

Sourced from the National Library of Medicine. Abstract text and other information may be subject to copyright.

External Links for this article (including full text providers, if available):

Click Electronic Full-text Provider Links to see options for finding the electronic full text links to this article. Note there may be a subscription or fee required for access to the full text. See our FAQ for information on finding FREE full text articles.

This article may also be located in paper journal collections available in many libraries. Use the Journal and Publication Information above to find the full article.

MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

These are the highest related articles currently in the database:

See 100+ related articles.