Health literacy: The sixth vital sign

Heinrich, Carol

doi:10.1111/j.1745-7599.2012.00698.x

Cited by 75 publications

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“…This finding is consistent with the study results of Heinrich (2012) that found no significant correlation between age and health literacy. However, a significant correlation was found between income and health literacy in this population which is supported by the findings of Heide and colleagues (2013).…”

Section: Total Number Of Participants (N) = 19supporting

confidence: 93%

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Measuring Health Literacy Among Somali Men Over the Age of 45 - A Pilot Study

Klutse¹

2014

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Somali immigrants to the United States are at a particularly increased risk of lower health literacy due to barriers such as language, lower education levels, culture and decreased access to health care resources. Low health literacy puts individuals and communities at risk for poor health outcomes and health disparities. However, as far as is known, there is limited information addressing the health literacy levels and its effects on Somali men.There are no available studies on the health literacy levels in this population. The purpose of this study is to identify Somali men over the age of 45 and measure their health literacy levels. Obtaining health literacy levels is essential in planning educational interventions tailored purposefully for the population of Somali men over the age of 45 years.

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Section: Total Number Of Participants (N) = 19supporting

confidence: 93%

“…Furthermore, as expected, this study also found a strong correlation between education and health literacy in this population (Nielson-Bohlman, et al, 2004;& Heinrich, 2012). Chen et al (2014) also reported the significant correlation between health literacy and knowledge.…”

Section: Total Number Of Participants (N) = 19supporting

confidence: 84%

Measuring Health Literacy Among Somali Men Over the Age of 45 - A Pilot Study

Klutse¹

2014

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“…[11,33] Consequently, providers may want to spend additional time discussing analgesic medications with their MA patients in order to correct misinformation and answer questions, particularly as MA patients are at risk for having lower levels of health literacy relative to the general population. [34] The current study also found similar rates of analgesic prescription use between MAs and NHBs. The majority of the racial/ethnic disparities literature has failed to report differential rates of treatment between Hispanics and NHBs -focusing solely on each minority groups' comparison with NHWs.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 61%

(225) Differences in Mexican Americans’ prevalence of chronic pain and co-occurring analgesic medication and substance use relative to Non-Hispanic White and Black Americans: Results from NHANES 1999-2004

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Vrany²,

Stewart³

et al. 2015

The Journal of Pain

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SummaryThis investigation of national survey data found that Mexican American (MA) respondents reported less chronic pain overall compared to non-Hispanic White (NHW) and Black (NHB) respondents, but MAs reported more headache and abdominal pain than NHWs. MA respondents also reported less past month analgesic medication use and co-occurring substance use relative to NHWs. These results make an important contribution to our understanding of the burgeoning MA populations' chronic pain experience and can guide patient care.

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“…Caregiver preparedness is thus conceptually related to perceived control by findings that prepared individuals tend to have more knowledge, higher self-efficacy (Miller et al, 2013), higher incomes (Paulson & Bassett, 2015) and typically greater access to resources (Heinrich, 2012).…”

Section: Perceived Control -Caregiver Preparednessmentioning

confidence: 99%