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Impact of low health literacy on patients’ health outcomes: a …

(3 days ago) WEBTherefore, current knowledge of the outcomes of inadequate health literacy in hospitalized patients with multiple comorbid conditions is limited. This study aims to assess the health literacy of patients admitted to a hospital general medical unit and …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9465902/

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Health Literacy - Healthy People 2030 health.gov

(1 days ago) WEBPersonal health literacy is a social risk, one associated with worse health care and health outcomes. 3 When individuals have limited personal health literacy, they are at higher risk of misunderstanding information that is important to achieving and maintaining health or losing their way in the fragmented health care system.

https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health/literature-summaries/health-literacy

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HEALTH LITERACY IN THE UNITED STATES - Milken Institute

(2 days ago) WEB88 percent of US adults had limited health literacy (Kutner et al., 2006). Seventy-seven million Americans have difficulty attempting to use health services, obtain quality care, and maintain healthy behaviors because their health literacy is inadequate (Polster, 2018). Low health literacy can interact with established

https://milkeninstitute.org/sites/default/files/2022-05/Health_Literacy_United_States_Final_Report.pdf

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Low Health Literacy and Health Outcomes: An Updated Systematic …

(6 days ago) WEBBackground: Approximately 80 million Americans have limited health literacy, which puts them at greater risk for poorer access to care and poorer health outcomes. Purpose: To update a 2004 systematic review and determine whether low health literacy is related to poorer use of health care, outcomes, costs, and disparities …

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/epdf/10.7326/0003-4819-155-2-201107190-00005

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Health Literacy in Healthy People 2030

(3 days ago) WEBHealth literacy is a central focus of Healthy People 2030. One of the initiative’s overarching goals demonstrates this focus: “Eliminate health disparities, achieve health equity, and attain health literacy to improve the health and well-being of all.”. Watch this video to learn more about health literacy: 5 Things to Know About Health

https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/health-literacy-healthy-people-2030

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National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy

(6 days ago) WEBThe Action Plan contains 7 goals that will improve health literacy and strategies for achieving them: Develop and disseminate health and safety information that is accurate, accessible, and actionable. Promote changes in the health care system that improve health information, communication, informed decision-making, and access to …

https://health.gov/our-work/national-health-initiatives/health-literacy/national-action-plan-improve-health-literacy

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What Is Health Literacy? Health Literacy CDC - Centers for …

(1 days ago) WEBOrganizational health literacy is the degree to which organizations equitably enable individuals to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others. These definitions are a change from the health literacy definition used in Healthy People 2010 and Healthy People …

https://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/learn/index.html

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Patient Engagement Health Literacy CDC

(1 days ago) WEBOngoing research seeks to determine the relative contribution of measures of patient activation and health literacy to these improved outcomes. Some conceptualizations of health literacy include aspects of motivation and self-efficacy. However, other conceptualizations limit health literacy to a more skills-based construct …

https://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/researchevaluate/patient-engage.html

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Impact of low health literacy on patients’ health outcomes: a

(8 days ago) WEBLiteracy and health outcomes: a systematic review of the literature. J Gen Intern Med. 2004;19:1228–39. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Wang C, Lang J, Xuan L, Li X, Zhang L. The effect of health literacy and self-management efficacy on the health-related quality of life of hypertensive patients in a western rural area of …

https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-022-08527-9

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Health Promotion - World Health Organization (WHO)

(1 days ago) WEBThe United Nations ECOSOC Ministerial Declaration of 2009 provided a clear mandate for action: “We stress that health literacy is an important factor in ensuring significant health outcomes and in this regard, call for the development of appropriate action plans to promote health literacy.”3 Indeed, knowledge and understanding remain

https://www.who.int/teams/health-promotion/enhanced-wellbeing/ninth-global-conference/health-literacy

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Health literacy in the context of health, well-being and …

(5 days ago) WEBHealth literacy enables pupils to understand themselves, others and the world in a way that will enable them to make informed health decisions and work on (and change) the factors that constitute their own and others’ health chances. Five broader health literacy competencies are covered (see left column of Table 1).

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/344901/WHO-EURO-2021-2846-42604-59268-eng.pdf?sequence=1

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Health Literacy and Health Equity: Connecting the Dots

(Just Now) WEBThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services includes health literacy in one of its overarching Healthy People 2030 goals: “Eliminate health disparities, achieve health equity, and attain health literacy to improve the health and well-being of all.”. With that goal in mind, CDC chose “Health Literacy and Health Equity: Advancing

https://health.gov/news/202110/health-literacy-and-health-equity-connecting-dots

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Antecedents and Consequences of Health Literacy among …

(8 days ago) WEBIndividuals with higher health literacy had better health outcomes during the first two years of COVID-19, including improved health status [44,45,70]. Refugees and migrants with lower socio-economic status were at a higher risk during COVID-19 of developing conditions that are distinctive to poor social determinants of health [36,44,58

https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/9/5/116

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Taking Health Literacy to the Next Level Psychology Today

(1 days ago) WEBKey points. Health literacy includes knowledge, communication, and critical thinking. Self-efficacy is a determining factor in successful self-management of health.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/health-and-human-nature/202405/taking-health-literacy-to-the-next-level

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Improving health literacy through group antenatal care: results …

(3 days ago) WEBAbstract. Background: Although the majority of Ghanaian women receive antenatal care (ANC), many exhibit low health literacy by misinterpreting and incorrectly operationalizing ANC messages, leading to poor maternal and newborn health outcomes. Prior research in low-resource settings has found group antenatal care (G-ANC) feasible …

https://healthynewbornnetwork.org/resource/2024/improving-health-literacy-through-group-antenatal-care-results-from-a-cluster-randomized-controlled-trial-in-ghana/

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to Improve Health Literacy

(8 days ago) WEBhealth literacy is fundamental to putting sound public health guidance into practice and helping people follow recommendations. Limited health literacy is also associated with worse health outcomes and higher costs. 5. This report contains seven goals that will improve health literacy and suggests strategies for achieving them:

https://health.gov/sites/default/files/2019-09/Health_Literacy_Action_Plan.pdf

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The Barriers That Adolescents and Young Adults with - Springer

(Just Now) WEBAt the individual level, health programs geared towards increasing positive beliefs, attitudes, and health literacy and decreasing diagnostic delays should be done through national media campaigns, health education programs, and …

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13178-024-00972-x

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Formative research to adapt a cardiac rehabilitation program to …

(3 days ago) WEBBackground Breast cancer survivors are disproportionately at risk for cardiovascular disease; exercise-based interventions may improve cardiovascular health. The objective of this formative research is to better understand the needs of patients and barriers to participation in an adapted cardiac rehabilitation program for diverse breast …

https://cardiooncologyjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40959-024-00228-y

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