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This version was published on July 1, 2006
Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 7, No. 3, 331-335 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839906289378
© 2006 Society for Public Health Education

A Transdisciplinary Approach to Improve Health Literacy and Reduce Disparities

Linda L. Johnston Lloyd, MEd

Center for Quality at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and Rockville, Maryland

Neyal J. Ammary, MPH, CHES

National Eye Health Education Program at the National Eye Institute at the National Institutes of Health, in Rockville, Maryland

Leonard G. Epstein, MSW

Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities/Office of the Chief Medical Officer at the Health Resources and Services Administration, in Bethesda, Maryland

Rae Johnson, RN

Unity Healthcare in Washington, D.C.

Kyu Rhee, MD, MPH

Association of Clinicians for the Underserved and Upper Cardozo Community Health Center in Washington, D.C.

A challenge to public health professionals, health care providers, and consumers is to come together to improve the quality of health care and to eliminate disparities. Improving health literacy skills along with a transdisciplinary approach to care contributes to effective patient-provider communication. This article addresses a team approach to health care, a community health center experience, self-management skills, patient education, and cultural competency training. In addition, the authors provide concepts that can be incorporated in health care settings to eliminate health disparities and improve health literacy.

Key Words: chronic disease • cultural competency • cross-cultural • health disparities collaborative • health disparities • health literacy • quality health care • self-management • transdisciplinary model • Unity Health Care


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