Health Literacy Literature Review

Health literacy can influence patients to conduct self management so that there is an increase in quality of life and can be given to all age groups.

Health literacy literature review. Only nine studies reported interventions focused on improving health literacy. A lack of health literacy may have effects at both the individual and societal levels. Literature review understanding literacy and health a literature review from four fields of research.

On ncd patients health literacy is one effective program and low cost and health literacy is a strategy for prevention ncd for all ages. Medical research and health education literacy studies linguistics and discourse analysis medical anthropology and sociology uta papen literacy research centre and department of linguistics and english language lancaster university. Annual review of adult learning and literacy volume 7.

The aim of this review was to explore how health literacy is described in the scientific literature and to give a synthesis of its different meanings. One perspective is that they refer to a series of individual cognitive skills and abilities applied in a medical context. Furthermore a new conceptual model has been developed as a result of the review of existing health literacy concepts.

Results media literacy of respondents in the five dimensions was significantly lower than average 61 5 of pregnant women have inadequate health literacy 18 8 had marginal health literacy and. An updated review of the medical and public health literature by r. The review identifies six of those nine reported positive effects on knowledge skills and confidence using ehealth.

Kim xie 2017 external icon conducted a literature review n 74 to assess how people with limited health literacy use online health services. The current review includes studies specifically designed to measure the older adult population 65 years of age and older and health literacy related health outcomes and interventions. The other perspective sees a broader range of.

There are thus reasons for health care professionals to gain a comprehensive understanding of health literacy. Efforts should be made to make ehealth services easily accessible to low literacy individuals and to enhance individual health literacy through educational programs. Ncd patients must be able to improve their health literacy skills to improve their long term health.