As approved by the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) Board of Directors in 2006, Health Literacy Missouri (HLM) envisions a future in which the policies and practices of Missouri institutions and the public promote understanding of health...

Increased health literacy would decrease costs of health care....

Each year the United Health Foundation, a private, non-profit foundation dedicated to improving health outcomes and promoting healthier communities, releases “America's Health Rankings.” Each state is evaluated on ...

This Fact Sheet outlines patient satisfaction with health care as associated with health literacy....

Better health prevention requires patients to have adequate health literacy skills....

Health disparities are differences that exist among specific population groups in the United States related to the incidence, prevalence, and mortality of disease, the burden of cancer, and related adverse health conditions. Disparities can occur...

Health literacy is “the ability of an individual to access, understand, and use health-related information and services to make appropriate health decisions.” For a woman with diabetes, health literacy means understanding ...

How health literacy affects the quality of health care....

In the Healthy People 2010 report, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, health disparities are defined as “all differences among populations in measures of health and healthcare.” Racial and ethnic ...

Oral health extends beyond a pretty smile. Oral health is essential to maintaining overall health and quality of life. Access to regular dental care is recommended for all children to ensure healthy growth. Improving ...

The uninsurance rate in Missouri has been decreasing over the last decade, largely due to the implementation of the Missouri's Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP). This program expanded Medicaid services to many ...

Missouri provides insurance for children through its Medicaid program, known as MO HealthNet and its version of the federal State Children's Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, known as MO HealthNet for Kids. Research indicates that a significant...

they have implications for children's quality of life today as well as for when these children become adults. There are, however, policy options to improve children's quality of life....

MU offers unmatched opportunities for collaboration in animal and human health. It is Missouri's major public research university with the state's only College of Veterinary Medicine; Colleges of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Engineering...

Powerpoint presentation prepared for the Institute of Public Policy concerning school policies and childhood obesity in Missouri. Data representations include graphs, charts, tables, and maps....

Futility, in general, is the inability to achieve an intended goal or outcome. Biomedical futility more specifically is a clinical judgment that, in light of the patient's current clinical circumstance, it is not physiologically ...

for children. In this brief, we describe adolescent outcomes at the state level. This brief represents a first step in a larger project that eventually assesses the links between state policies and child health outcomes....

"MU's Institute of Public Policy looks to build its reputation in Missouri's policy arena."...

Th is study examines the ways in which enrollment in the food stamp program affects the mental health status of enrollees. The results find that the negative mental health effects associated with food insufficiency are higher among food stamp...