HEALTH literacyMEDICAL terminologyMEDICAL decision makingBackground: The health literacy (HL) measurement tools have been various and not yet standardized. Objectives: To investigates the properties of HL measurement tool for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Method...
Health literacy is simply defined as an individual’s ability to access, understand and use information in ways that promote and maintain good health. Lower health literacy has been found to be associated with increased emergency department presentations
Health literacy is the extent to which patients are able to understand and act upon health information. This concept is important for surgeons as their pat
Nearly9 out of 10adults may not have received the health literacy tools needed to manage their health. Improving Health Literacy May Help Patients: Improve health outcomes and quality of care and lower healthcare costs. Find a healthcare provider, like a primary care doctor, specialist, or a ...
Health literacy is defined as "the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic medical information and services and the competence to use such information and services to enhance health." Much of the research regarding health literacy in orthopaedic surgery has focused on readability of educatio...
Behaviorally anchored checklists used by observers of clinical and standardized patient encounters, are among the tools used to measure provider acquisition of health literacy skills.47,51,53 MEASUREMENT OF HEALTH LITERACY IN PATIENTS For health literacy to be considered an ESPO, we must demonstrate...
Thus, our focus was not on inadequate health literacy but the development of health literacy over time for people of all health literacy abilities and through self-learning and patient education. Our aim was to answer the questions: How do patients become health literate for their condition and ...
10 They later developed an entire report on the issue of health literacy.11 The AMA has undertaken a large initiative to develop tools and resources to provide care for patients with low health literacy. They have also produced a book, Understanding Health Literacy, Implications for Medicine and...
Guiding oncology patients through the maze of precision medicine. Journal of Health Communication, 21(Suppl. 1), 5–17.) investigated an intervention to increase patient understanding of precision medicine. Their study found that providing patient-friendly information based on health literacy and ...
Included are eight articles that increase our understanding of the relationship between health literacy and health outcomes, describe interventions and tools to enhance patient education and overcome literacy barriers, and explore the measurement of health literacy. We hope these additions to the ...