Nursing An assessment of patient health literacy levels NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY Dean Gross HanzelJessica LynnThis research study analyzed the reading ability of 42 residents in relation to health-related terminology in a senior living facility in eastern North Dakota. Current research suggests that...
Purpose: Health literacy (HL) is a person's ability to read and understand information necessary to make decisions about their health. Patients with low HL are at risk for worse health outcomes and increased utilization of the healthcare system. Asking patients about their level of HL is a se...
Efficiently assessing patient health literacy: the BHLS instrument. Although health literacy limitations are common among patient populations, no efficient yet comprehensive health literacy assessment tool is available to n... K Sand-Jecklin,S Coyle - 《Clinical Nursing Research》 被引量: 4发表: ...
It is well-recognized, however, that these tests do not capture the full spectrum of an individual’s health literacy, which extends beyond understanding of written information to include an individual’s oral literacy and navigational skills. The limited scope of existing assessment tools may ...
Financial health literacy is one’s ability to navigate healthcare billing and financial responsibility. Patients with high financial health literacy will be able to make sense of their medical bills, determine what they owe and when they owe it, and will have the empowerment to negotiat...
(Kelly and Haidet2007; Christensen2016). Implementing routine health literacy screening and assessment tools in clinical practice can help clinicians adapt communication strategies accordingly. A few simple questions about the patient’s level of knowledge about the disease may be effective and can set ...
Comprehensive Foot Examination and Risk Assessment and patient education in foot-care practices is important, and systems of networked multidisciplinary professionals are believed to be needed, particularly in delivering customized interventions to at-risk patients based on the initial ... AJM Boulton,DG...
Examining health literacy disparities in the United States: a third look at the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL). BMC Public Health. 2016;16(1):975. doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3621-9 PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 15. Ayers JW, Poliak A, Dredze M, et al. ...
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...
These domains were established a priori by the investigators based on review of prior health services research and recommendations from national societies.19-26 The coders met throughout independent assessment in a constant comparative approach and resolved any differences in the presenc...