Association of Health Literacy With Adherence to Screening Mammography Guidelines

Komenaka, Ian K.; Nodora, Jesse; Hsu, Chiu Hsieh; Martı́nez, Marı́a Elena; Gandhi, Sonal; Bouton, Marcia E.; Klemens, Anne E.; Wikholm, Lauren I.; Weiss, Barry D.

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“…Financial barriers include direct costs of screening, and non-medical out of pocket costs associated with screening participation. While cost is often significant barrier to participation in screening elsewhere [20,21,22], direct costs are not a barrier to screening for Australian women given that the Australian program is free of charge.…”

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“…Health literacy includes the capacity to communicate, assert, and enact these decisions. Previous breast screening research that explored health literacy focused on reading, writing, and numeracy skills related to comprehension of health information (known as functional health literacy) and identified associations with non-participation in breast screening [21,25,26]. Individuals with low functional health literacy were more likely to hold fatalistic cancer attitudes, less likely to identify the purpose of cancer screening procedures, and less inclined to engage with information about health conditions that they do not have [27].…”

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Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening among Diverse Cultural Groups in Melbourne, Australia

O’Hara

McPhee

Dodson

et al. 2018

IJERPH

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This study explored the association between health literacy, barriers to breast cancer screening, and breast screening participation for women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. English-, Arabic- and Italian-speaking women (n = 317) between the ages of 50 to 74 in North West Melbourne, Australia were recruited to complete a survey exploring health literacy, barriers to breast cancer screening, and self-reported screening participation. A total of 219 women (69%) reported having a breast screen within the past two years. Results revealed that health literacy was not associated with screening participation. Instead, emotional barriers were a significant factor in the self-reported uptake of screening. Three health literacy domains were related to lower emotional breast screening barriers, feeling understood and supported by healthcare providers, social support for health and understanding health information well enough to know what to do. Compared with English- and Italian-speaking women, Arabic-speaking women reported more emotional barriers to screening and greater challenges in understanding health information well enough to know what to do. Interventions that can improve breast screening participation rates should aim to reduce emotional barriers to breast screening, particularly for Arabic-speaking women.

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Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening among Diverse Cultural Groups in Melbourne, Australia

O’Hara

McPhee

Dodson

et al. 2018

IJERPH

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“…[30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38] In recent years, studies have also identified significant shortcomings in the delivery of preventative care to patients with IBD, particularly with respect to vaccination. 39 Lower rates of vaccination among IBD patients have been linked to poor patient awareness, patient concerns about adverse effects, gastroenterologist knowledge deficits and health care system challenges, such as time constraints and poor communication with primary care providers.…”

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Understanding Health Literacy and its Impact on Delivering Care to Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Tormey

Farraye

Paasche‐Orlow

2016

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

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Health literacy (HL) is the extent to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information that is needed to make appropriate health decisions. As adults with inflammatory bowel disease engage in complex health decisions throughout their lives, attention is needed regarding the influence of HL on the lives of people with inflammatory bowel disease. About one-third of adults in the United States have limited HL. Limited HL is a potentially modifiable risk factor that has been associated with barriers to patient-provider communication and worse health outcomes for people with a range of chronic diseases. Gastroenterologists must recognize the role of HL in their practice. Limited HL can affect a patient's ability to understand the purpose of a screening test for colorectal cancer, understand the concept of an asymptomatic yet chronic disease, ask questions in an office visit and engage in shared decision making. Gastroenterologists must approach each patient as potentially having limited HL and use clear communication strategies in all encounters. Currently, there is a lack of training, education, and support for health care providers to meet the needs of patients with limited HL. More research is needed in inflammatory bowel disease to understand the impact of limited health literacy on health outcomes in this population and develop effective systems-based interventions to reduce the health literacy burden on patients. (Inflamm Bowel Dis 2016;22:745-751)

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“…Our findings were also consistent with previous studies, which found lower rates of cancer screening among women who have low income, currently smoke, and are uninsured. 27 Even though no association was seen between social media use and mammogram rates, social media holds potential for health support, intervention and promotion campaigns. For example, Attai et al found that participation in a breast cancer Twitter TM support group increased patient knowledge regarding the disease condition and management and significantly decreased anxiety levels.…”

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Relationship between Health Information Sharing Behavior Using Social Media and Breast Cancer Screening

Deshpande

Look

2017

Innov Pharm

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Keywords: breast cancer screening; social media; health information sharing Introduction Social media, a means of electronic communication where users can share information and ideas online, is increasingly being used for sharing health information.1, 2 A Pew Research Center report found that 4 out of 10 people who commented on their health online have shared their personal health experiences online with others.3 Social media can increase engagement and access to health information to broader and more diverse audiences, as 71% of adults over 18 years old who use the internet also use social media.2, 4 Communicating health information on social media is a rapid, low-cost method that can easily offer a large amount of information to a large audience and can impact their health and health behaviors.

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Association of Health Literacy With Adherence to Screening Mammography Guidelines

Abstract: Of all the sociodemographic variables examined, health literacy had the strongest relationship with use of screening mammography.

Cited by 67 publications

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Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening among Diverse Cultural Groups in Melbourne, Australia

Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening among Diverse Cultural Groups in Melbourne, Australia

Understanding Health Literacy and its Impact on Delivering Care to Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Relationship between Health Information Sharing Behavior Using Social Media and Breast Cancer Screening

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