Blog posts in Health Literacy


April 19, 2012 by Diane Hagerman

Is New & Noteworthy:  Yes NJHI grantee, Northern New Jersey Maternal Child Health Consortium, is hosting a conference on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 entitled "Advancing Health Literacy: Strategies to Improve Patient Safety and Health Outcomes." The conference will be held at Bergen Community College from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The goal of this conference is to enhance participants' knowledge about challenges of low health literacy, current approaches to measuring health literacy, and the importance of effective physician-patient communication to improve health outcomes. …

March 23, 2011 by Diane Hagerman

Medline Plus is a Web site with information available in more than 40 languages on numerous health topics. Medline Plus is a service of the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. …

January 31, 2011 by Diane Hagerman

Diversity Rx seeks to improve the accessibility and quality of health care for minority, immigrant, and indigenous communities. Visit the Website to read the latest blog entries, access useful resources and join its listerv. …