Health Literacy Interventions and Outcomes: An Updated Systematic Review

AHRQ has updated its 2004 evidence report Literacy and Health Outcomes. The report reviews 81 studies addressing health outcomes (reported in 95 articles including 86 measuring health literacy and 16 measuring numeracy, of which 7 measure both) and 42 studies (reported in 45 articles) addressing interventions.
Learn how the the field of health literacy has advanced by viewing Health Literacy Interventions and Outcomes at: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tp/lituptp.htm.

HHS Launches Healthy People 2020

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched Healthy People 2020, the nation’s new 10-year goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention, and “myHealthyPeople,” a new challenge for technology application developers.
For the past 30 years, Healthy People has been committed to improving the quality of our nation’s health by producing a framework for public health prevention priorities and actions.
HHS is also launching a newly redesigned Healthy People Web site that allows users to tailor information to their needs and explore evidence-based resources for implementation. The Web site is located at: www.healthypeople.gov.

Read more about the Healthy People 2020 framework and the press release.