Moldova.Health Services

The proposed Project will be an integral part of a larger and longer-term program of the Government to improve the effectiveness of health and social  assistance systems in Moldova. In addition to the proposed IDA credit, several donors including IDA, EU, SIDA, DfID, CEB and relevant UN agencies, will through coordinated but parallel financed operations, support the Government initiatives in this area. The overall project objective is to promote the Government's program to increase access to quality and efficient health services with the aim of decreasing premature mortality and disability for the local population and improve the targeting of social transfers and services to the poor in line with the MTEF for 2007-2009.

World Bank.Author:  Belli,Paolo.Document Date: 2011/12/03.Document Type:  Implementation Status and Results Report.Report Number:  ISR5031

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Promoting Health Literacy to Encourage Prevention and Wellness

Several studies have found that health literacy – an individual’s ability to understand and retain information to make proper health decisions – makes a difference in how much populations use preventive services, such as childhood obesity prevention and tobacco cessation programs. The use of preventive services improves health and keeps costs down. Primary prevention is designed to avoid illness and stay healthy, and secondary prevention interventions are aimed at recovery from an illness or injury or managing an ongoing, chronic condition or disability. How can health literacy be promoted to help increase the use of primary and secondary preventive services?

The IOM’s Roundtable on Health Literacy brings together leaders from the federal government, foundations, health plans, associations, and private companies to discuss challenges related to health literacy and to identify approaches to promoting health literacy in both the public and private sectors. On September 15, 2009, the Roundtable held a workshop to explore approaches to integrate health literacy in to primary and secondary prevention. The workshop featured presentations and discussions on select topics related to health literacy’s role in preventive health care. This document is a summary of the workshop.

Promoting Health Literacy to Encourage Prevention and Wellness-Workshop Summary

Released: November 1, 2011. Type: Workshop Summary . Topics: Public Health, Health Services, Coverage, and Access, Quality and Patient Safety, Select Populations and Health Disparities. Activity: Roundtable on Health Literacy Promoting Health Literacy to Encourage Prevention and Wellness-Workshop Summary