Introduction to health literacy -- Review of the literature -- Social practices in talk as components of health literacy -- Cultural competence and health literacy -- Impact of patient low literacy on the individual and family -- The association between literacy and health : providing health information to adults with low literacy -- Health literacy for people with disabilities -- Health literacy and America's senior citizens -- A new digital divide : teens and Internet literacy -- The health reference interview : getting to the heart of the question while assessing your customer's literacy skills -- Public libraries and health literacy -- Health literacy in Canada : highlighting library initiatives -- Consumer health services in hospitals : the front line for health literacy -- Health literacy in action : the Bronson experience -- Intervention programs for health literacy -- Forming and funding collaborations to address health literacy.
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