CONCLUSIONS: A low level of HL in terms of modern health service facilities, diabetes and hypertension clearly indicated the need for a systematic HL programme. The relatively high levels of literacy concerning immunization show that it is possible to enhance HL in areas with low levels of ...
Arthritis researchers have thoroughly documented a powerful relationship between years of education and health outcomes, but they have not documented the role of literacy. The authors examined the associations between literacy and arthritis health status measures. Participants were recruited from southeastern...
Low health literacy is a growing problem in the United States. Nearly half of all American adults have difficulty understanding and using health information. One solution to the health literacy challenge is development of easy-to-read print materials. The March of Dimes is a national nonprofit org...
All parents, including those with low literacy levels or limited English profi ciency, can be trained in techniques to increase their children's academic achievement. Support and monitoring of these parents can increase confi dence in their abilities to teach their children. Greater involvement by ...
Visual examination of the forest plots show a trend: as the reference education level grows larger in terms of years of education included, effect sizes grow smaller and are more likely to cross the null value of OR = 1.0, regardless of whether a low or high education level has been used...
540 adults aged ≥ 60 were admitted, and 308 completed assessment. Frailty was present in 66.6% using the CFS and participants with frailty were significantly older, with lower levels of education and literacy, greater disability, greater comorbidity, poorer cognition and higher levels of deliri...
The report investigates, using qualitative and quantitative methods, what strategies are successful and provides a foundation for resource and curriculum development. Low-level adult literacy students are defined as those undertaking the Certificate 1 of General Education for Adults (Introductory) or the ...
More than 90 million Americans have low levels of health literacy that may contribute to poor health outcomes. Assessment of the readability of patient education materials (PEMs) is a vital component of health education. PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to describe the readability of PEMs used...
The study subjects were older adults living in urban areas, who may have a high educational background and high levels of health literacy. Therefore, further research is needed to generalize these results. Next, this study may be prone to Type I errors due to multiple testing. When testing ...
Unfortunately, menstrual health literacy has not yet recovered from this shift in physiological models. So what? Once the purpose and inflammatory nature of the menstrual cycle are understood, premenstrual changes are no longer mysterious or difficult to treat. It also becomes much easier to different...