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Publication aims to improve women's health knowledge.
2004 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new publication, "Women & Health Literacy," from the National Women's Health Resource Center, explores the dimensions and solutions for a basic health issue: health literacy.
Nearly 90 million Americans have trouble getting, understanding, and applying basic health information and services. According to a recent report by the Institute of Medicine, low health literacy costs the American economy some $58 billion each year. The human cost is incalculable.
"Low health literacy is a major obstacle for millions of women as they struggle to take care of their health," said Amy Niles, president and CEO of the National Women's Health Resource Center, which publishes the bimonthly "National Women's Health Report." "A woman with low health literacy is far less likely to have ever had a Pap smear, a common and life-saving screening test. Our goal for this publication is that its readers, both consumers and healthcare professionals, do a better job of communicating. Improving the health of women depends upon improving health literacy."
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