Applying Health Literacy Principles: Strategies and Tools to Develop Easy-to-Read Patient Education Resources

Foster, Jackie; Idossa, Lensa; Mau, Lih‐Wen; Murphy, Elizabeth A.

doi:10.1188/16.cjon.433-436

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“…Health literacy skills are often considered with respect to engaging with written health materials (Nielsen-Bohlman, Panzer, & Kindig, 2004), with print literacy dominating the discussion of health literacy to date (see, for example, Alsomali, Vines, Stein, & Becker, 2017; Foster, Idossa, Mau, & Murphy, 2016; Williams, Muir, & Rosdahl, 2016). However, skills are also required to obtain, understand, and use health information presented in other formats (e.g., verbal communication).…”

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Developing Verbal Health Literacy with Adult Learners Through Training in Shared Decision-Making

Muscat¹,

Shepherd²,

Nutbeam³

et al. 2017

HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice

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Background: Health literacy skills are often assessed in relation to written health materials; however, many important communications are in other formats, especially verbal communication with health care providers. Objective: This qualitative study sought to examine adult learners' experiences of developing verbal health literacy skills within an Australian adult basic education program, and to explore verbal communication and shared decision-making as a constituent domain of health literacy. Methods: We conducted a semi-structured qualitative interview study between September and November 2014 with adult learners who had participated in a single-semester health literacy program that included an integrated shared decision-making component. We analyzed interviews using the Framework method; a matrix-based approach to thematic analysis. A hybrid process of inductive and deductive coding was used to interpret raw data. Key Results: Interviewees were 22 students from six health literacy classes and ranged in age from 18 to 74 years (mean, 48.3). The majority were women ( n = 15) and born outside Australia ( n = 13). Health literacy was generally limited according to the Newest Vital Sign screening tool ( n = 17). The health literacy program appeared to serve two key functions. First, it stimulated awareness that patients have the right to participate in decision-making concerning their treatment and care. Second, it facilitated verbal skill development across the domains of functional (e.g., communicating symptoms), communicative (e.g., asking questions to extract information about treatment options), and critical (e.g., integrating new knowledge with preferences) health literacy. Conclusions: Our findings support the conceptualization of health literacy as a modifiable health asset that is subject to change and improvement as a result of deliberate intervention. Results reinforce verbal health literacy as an important component of health literacy, and draw attention to the hierarchy of verbal skills needed for consumers to become more actively involved in decisions about their health. We present a revised model of health literacy based on our findings. [ Health Literacy Research and Practice . 2017;1(4):e257–e268.] Plain Language Summary: We developed a health literacy program for adults with lower literacy to help learners develop skills to talk to health care providers and share health decisions. The program was taught in Australian adult education settings. The article explores the range of health literacy skills needed for communication and decision-making in this study, and presents a model in which verbal skills are an important part of health literacy.

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Developing Verbal Health Literacy with Adult Learners Through Training in Shared Decision-Making

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Shepherd²,

Nutbeam³

et al. 2017

HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice

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“…Furthermore, by focusing on educational outcomes, this study seeks to guide the implementation of meaningful programs within the urban AI/AN community, as access to a quality education is essential to positive health outcomes across the life course (Kaplan, Fang, & Kirby, 2017). Education lays the groundwork for health literacy, as it allows patients to accurately comprehend nutrition and medication labels, understand medical diagnoses and physician recommendations, and advocate for themselves in a complex health care system (Foster, Idossa, Lih-Wen, & Murphy, 2016). Education is also a precursor to employment, which is linked to improved health outcomes through increased access to housing, nutritious food, clean water, clothing, and more (Day & Newburger, 2002).…”

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The Culture is Prevention Project: Measuring Culture As a Social Determinant of Mental Health for Native/Indigenous Peoples

Masotti¹,

Dennem²,

Hadani³

et al. 2020

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Programs serving American Indian (AI) youth are an important component of maintaining cultural identity and healthy lifestyles. The current research took a community-engaged approach to evaluate an urban AI youth after-school program that has transitioned into a culturally grounded prevention program. Ways to create a successful research collaboration between AI communities and academics is discussed as well as implications for understanding the importance of culturally-grounded programs for AI youth who reside in urban areas. Overall, the cultural and health components that are integrated into the after-school program were highlighted as primary strengths because they help foster a healthy lifestyle and deeper connection to the heritage/culture for the youth who participated. disconnect from native lands, family members, language, and culture (Brown,

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“…The fact that most training in the health system is offered in the classical framework raises the necessity of innovation and creativity for the successful application of the training. Communication with patients should be based on creative clinical problem solving and it is necessary to make decisions for each individual or group creatively (11,37,24).…”

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Exploring the Experiences of Health Care Providers Regarding Their Perceived Abilities in Delivering Health Education: A Qualitative Study

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Background: How health care providers perceive their capabilities affects their performance of their educational duties. Objectives: The present study was conducted on health and treatment staff to explain the experiences of health care providers regarding their perceived capabilities in delivering health education. Methods: The present study is a qualitative study with a conventional content analysis approach, which was conducted in different environments, including hospitals, doctors' offices, and health centers in Isfahan, Iran, using purposive sampling in 2017 -2018. Thirty-two participants with an average experience of 8 years of work in health centers took part in this study. The data were analyzed using the MAXQDA software simultaneously with data collection. Results: Two themes emerged: (1) the ability to gain the audience's trust, with the two main categories of personal characteristics and communication skills, and (2) professional capabilities with the two main categories of attitude to the profession and professional conversance. Some subcategories of both themes acted as both augmenting and diminishing factors affecting the perceived capabilities of the health care providers. Conclusions: An individual has about his own personal characteristics, communication skills, and professional capabilities, which play central roles in the formation of their self-concepts. By enhancing these two factors via interventions based on the findings of such qualitative studies, the health care providers' self-concept related to health education can be improved.

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Applying Health Literacy Principles: Strategies and Tools to Develop Easy-to-Read Patient Education Resources

Cited by 14 publications

References 13 publications

Developing Verbal Health Literacy with Adult Learners Through Training in Shared Decision-Making

Developing Verbal Health Literacy with Adult Learners Through Training in Shared Decision-Making

The Culture is Prevention Project: Measuring Culture As a Social Determinant of Mental Health for Native/Indigenous Peoples

Exploring the Experiences of Health Care Providers Regarding Their Perceived Abilities in Delivering Health Education: A Qualitative Study

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