tailieunhanh - Closing the gap in a generation - Health equity through action on the social determinants of health

As we note in our original report (and reiterate above), several of the primary instruments used to measure health literacy are highly correlated with general measures of literacy applied in the health care This suggests that health literacy and literacy measures are strongly related. It has additionally raised questions about what terminology to apply to measures in the In this review, in distinction to our earlier report, we focus on “health literacy” rather than “literacy.” We made this decision for several reasons. First, we were interested in expanding our review to be consistent with the recent conceptions of health. | Commission on Social Determinants of Health FINAL REPORT World Health Commission on Closing . the gap in a generation Health equity through action on the social determinants of health WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Closing the gap in a generation health equity through action on the social determinants of health final report of the commission on social determinants of health. factors. care rationing. services accessibility. advocacy. on Social Determinants of Health. ISBN 978 92 4 156370 3 NLM classification WA 525 World Health Organization 2008 All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health Organization can be obtained from WHO Press World Health Organization 20 Avenue Appia 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland tel. 41 22 791 3264 fax 41 22 791 4857 e-mail bookorders@ . Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications - whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution - should be addressed to WHO Press at the above address fax 41 22 791 4806 e-mail permissions@ . The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country territory city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organization in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors and omissions excepted the names of proprietary products are distinguished by initial capital letters. All reasonable precautions have been taken by the World Health Organization to verify the information contained in this publication. However the .