New Statistics on Teenage Life in Maryland
TweetThe Facts of (Adolescent) Life: State of Maryland The Office of Adolescent Health has compiled and updated state and national adolescent health information across different federal agencies. Below...
View ArticleHealth Literacy and Holiday Treats
TweetAs you’re preparing to gather with your family this holiday season, you might be using health literacy skills in the kitchen! When preparing traditional meals and treats, you are using skills like...
View ArticleMaryland Shares Minority Health Disparities Data
TweetThe Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) has released a new tool which provides information you can use to: Identify and measure disparities Determine the causes of disparities...
View ArticleThe Nation’s First Health and Wellness Road Map
TweetThe National Prevention Council Action Plan was released on June 13th. It aims to increase the number of Americans who are healthy at every stage of life. This Action Plan is a comprehension look...
View ArticleNew! Health Insurance Literacy Initiative
TweetA new proposal called the ”Health Insurance Literacy Initiative” was recently funded by the University of Maryland Extension. Led by our very own Dr. Bonnie Braun, the initiative will support...
View ArticleCan Improving Quality of Diabetes Care Lower Costs?
Tweet It just may. Improving the quality of care for patients with diabetes saves money, according to a study in the August issue of Health Affairs. This Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-supported study...
View ArticleNQF Endorses New Measures from the Communication Climate Assessment Toolkit
Tweet The National Quality Forum (NQF) has endorsed 12 measures of health disparities and cultural competence, seven of which are contained in the Communication Climate Assessment Toolkit (C-CAT)....
View ArticleCenter Highlights the 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
TweetThe fundamental purpose of improvement in health care is to make all patients’ and families’ lives better. It makes a difference in people’s lives when breast cancer is found early with a timely...
View ArticleIOM Releases Report on Improving Public Health with Health Literacy
TweetThe Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Health Literacy recently released a commissioned paper exploring health literacy in public health in the United States. The paper, “A Prescription Is...
View ArticlePatientsLikeMe Allows Patient Led Research
TweetPatientsLikeMe makes patients lives better through their “Live Better, together!” motto. They allow patients to find people going through similar experiences, receive support, and to be up-to-date...
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