credo Spotlight
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New Spanish Language Cardiac Rehab VideoIn collaboration with CardioSmart, credo has released a Spanish-language patient education video extolling the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation. Endorsed by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, the National Alliance for Hispanic Health , the National Hispanic Cardiology Leadership Network and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nursing Association, the video highlights barriers to enrollment and completion of cardiac rehab and how patients overcome such barriers through vignettes of three cardiac rehabilitation program enrollees. Visit CardioSmart to view the video. To request a DVD copy, email credo@acc.org.
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Organization Spotlight
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Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority HealthThe Office of Minority Health (OMH) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was established in 1986. OMH is dedicated to improving the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities. The Office’s primary responsibility is to improve health and healthcare outcomes for racial and ethnic minority communities by developing or advancing policies, programs, and practices that address health, social, economic, environmental and other factors which impact health. Numerous resources are available to assist clinicians and organizations in tackling health disparities, including opportunities for funding, data and statistics regarding minority communities and tools to address cultural competence.
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Why credo?
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Leading clinicians share their perspectives on the value and importance of redressing health disparities in this feature. Interviewees include: - Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at The Ohio State University
- Gordon Fung, MD, MPH, PhD, FACC, credo advisory board member and past President of the California chapter of ACC
- Marcus L. Williams, MD, FACC, president of the Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc.
- Diane Wallis, MD, FACC, practicing cardiologist with Midwest Heart Specialists
For a full listing of interviews, click here. |
Jump to: Resources from the ACC • Recent Literature • Government Resources • Other Resources • Advisory Board • Disclosures • Acknowledgments
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Tools and Resources
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From the ACC
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Heart of Women's Health Meeting on Demand Program |
Through these selected presentations from the Heart of Women's Health program, listen to the experts discuss and debate such timely topics as the impact of hypertension on cardiovascular disease risk in women, acute coronary syndromes and the latest guidelines, and other gender-based disparities facing women patients today. |
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Recent Literature
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| Place, Not Race: Disparities Dissipate In Southwest Baltimore When Blacks And Whites Live Under Similar Conditions |
Laveist T, Pollack K, Thorpe R Jr, Fesahazion R, Gaskin D. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 Oct;30(10):1880-7. |
| Educating clinicians about cultural competence and disparities in health and health care |
Like RC. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2011 Jun;31(3):196-206. |
| Low health literacy and health outcomes: an updated systematic review |
Berkman ND, Sheridan SL, Donahue KE, Halpern DJ, Crotty K. Ann Intern Med. 2011 Jul 19;155(2):97-107. |
| Health literacy and outcomes among patients with heart failure |
Peterson PN, Shetterly SM, Clarke CL, Bekelman DB, Chan PS, Allen LA, Matlock DD, Magid DJ, Masoudi FA. JAMA. 2011 Apr 27;305(16):1695-701. |
| Health Literacy and the Patient With Heart Failure—Implications for Patient Care and Research: A Consensus Statement of the Heart Failure Society of America |
Evangelista LS, Rasmusson KD, Laramee AS, Barr J, Ammon SE, Dunbar S, Ziesche S, Patterson JH, Yancy CW. J Card Fail. 2010 January; 16(1): 9–16. |
| Relationship Between Literacy, Knowledge, Self-Care Behaviors, and Heart Failure-Related Quality of Life Among Patients With Heart Failure |
Macabasco-O'Connell A, Dewalt DA, Broucksou KA, Hawk V, Baker DW, Schillinger D, Ruo B, Bibbins-Domingo K, Holmes GM, Erman B, Weinberger M, Pignone M. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Mar 3. |
| Racial disparities in health literacy and access to care among patients with heart failure |
Chaudhry SI, Herrin J, Phillips C, Butler J, Mukerjhee S, Murillo J, Onwuanyi A, Seto TB, Spertus J, Krumholz HM. J Card Fail. 2011 Feb;17(2):122-7. |
| Health Literacy and Self-care of Patients With Heart Failure |
Chen AM, Yehle KS, Plake KS, Murawski MM, Mason HL. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2011 Jan 21. |
| Psychosocial correlates of health literacy among older patients with coronary heart disease |
Ussher M, Ibrahim S, Reid F, Shaw A, Rowlands G. J Health Commun. 2010 Oct;15(7):788-804. |
| Association of age, health literacy, and medication management strategies with cardiovascular medication adherence |
Kripalani S, Gatti ME, Jacobson TA. Patient Educ Couns. 2010 Nov;81(2):177-81. |
| The impact of health literacy on cardiovascular disease |
Safeer RS, Cooke CE, Keenan J. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2006 December; 2(4): 457–464. |
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Government Resources
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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. |
Health Literacy |
This site provides an overview of health literacy, tools and resources for clinicians, reports and research, and related resources on health literacy. |
| Health Resources and Services Administration. Unified Health Communication 101 |
Unified Health Communication (UHC): Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency is free, on-line, go-at-your-own-pace training that has helped more than 4,000 health care professionals and students improve patient-provider communication. |
| CAHPS Item Set for Addressing Health Literacy |
The primary goal of the CAHPS Item Set for Addressing Health Literacy is to measure, from the patients’ perspective, how well health information is communicated to them by health care professionals. This work on promoting health literacy is part of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s continuing efforts to encourage a greater emphasis in the provider community on patient-centered care. |
Health Literacy – National Library of Medicine |
This webpage provides an overview of health literacy and a comprehensive list of resources on health literacy for both health care professionals and patients. Resources include tutorials for patients on improving health literacy, journal articles on health literacy, glossaries of common health terms, statistics on health literacy, and guides for children and seniors. |
| National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy |
This National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy seeks to engage organizations, professionals, policymakers, communities, individuals, and families in a linked, multisector effort to improve health literacy. The plan is based on the principles that (1) everyone has the right to health information that helps them make informed decisions and (2) health services should be delivered in ways that are understandable and beneficial to health, longevity, and quality of life. |
| Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine—Short Form (REALM-SF) |
The Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine—Short Form (REALM-SF) is a 7-item word recognition test to provide clinicians with a valid quick assessment of patient health literacy. The REALM-SF has been validated and field tested in diverse research setting, and has excellent agreement with the 66-item REALM instrument in terms of grade-level assignments. |
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Other Resources |
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| Health Literacy and Care of the Patient with Heart Failure: A Fact Sheet |
In this health literacy fact sheet you will find information on health literacy, basic facts about heath literacy in the U.S., provider perceptions of health literacy, consequences of limited health literacy, risk factors, strategies for healthcare providers and examples of evidence-based research supporting patient interventions in heart failure. |
| Innovations in Health Literacy: Workshop Summary |
Nearly nine out of 10 adults have difficulty using everyday health information to make good health decisions. The IOM Roundtable on Health Literacy held a meeting on May 27, 2010, to explore areas for research in health literacy, the relationship between health literacy and health disparities, and ways to apply information technology to improve health literacy. |
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| Improving Patient Safety Through Informed Consent for Patients with Limited Health Literacy |
The report contains a comprehensive synthesis of the key lessons learned by providers that adopted Safe Practice 10, as identified in Safe Practices 2003. Safe Practices 2003 has been superseded twice: first by Safe Practices 2006 and more recently by Safe Practices 2009. |
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Acknowledgments
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