Tag Archives: health understanding

Healthy People 2020 Part 1

Posted on February 5, 2011 by PTseesyou

Healthy People 2020 is here! It has a wonderful vision “A society in which all people live long, healthy lives.” Sounds too good to be true! Over the next few posts I plan to discuss the Overarching Goals and the … Continue reading →

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Healthy People 2020

Posted on January 11, 2011 by PTseesyou

Healthy People 2020 is the new framework developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and many federal agencies, public stakeholders, and an advisory committee, to move this country toward better health by the year 2020. This … Continue reading →

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Defining Health Literacy

Posted on December 28, 2010 by PTseesyou

Helen Osborne (Helen Osborne, M.Ed., OTR/L Health Literacy Consulting, http://www.healthliteracy.com) started a conversation on her website about Health Literacy here are my responses to her questions: As a Healthcare Advocate my goal is assist consumers of healthcare services to become … Continue reading →

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