Tag Archives: health literacy
Save the Date: Mayden Lecture on Health Literacy will be March 28, 2013
2013 Priscilla M. Mayden Lecture Health Literacy: A Vital Pathway to Healthcare Transformation When: March 28, 2013, 1 pm – 4 pm Where: George and Dolores Eccles Institute of Human Genetics Auditorium, 15 North 2030 East, 1st Floor Keynote Speaker, Andrew Pleasant, PhD. “Health Literacy: Applications for Enhanced Health System Performance OR . . . […]
Health literacy begins by bridging gaps
Discussion of health literacy in relation to patient-physician communication, encouraging healthy behavior, and the complexity of our healthcare system.
What’s your community health literacy profile, eh?
New interactive map showing health literacy levels across Canada.
Search engines and usability for finding medical information online: a new study
Search engines may be good places for people with adequate or better information literacy skills, but what of the majority of the population that has low health literacy?
Jargon-free doctor-patient communication: Ask Me 3
Patients can ask 3 simple questions to improve doctor-patient communication. And doctors need encouragement and compensation for taking time to assure their patients understand healthcare issues and instructions.
Home visitation, depression and health literacy
Depressed parents’ health literacy skills can improve through home visitation per a recent study using open access public data.
Addressing health literacy gaining traction
As mentioned previously, health literacy is “the ability to get information, understand it, and use information to lower risk and better health.” People “with low health literacy are more likely to report poor health, have an incomplete understanding of their health problems and treatment, and are at greater risk of hospitalization” (Pawlak, 2005). Many organizations, […]
Catching up: a few select article of note
A sampling including an inspirational story, inexpensive medical technology, and questions about the future of traditional medicine.
Critical health literacy: a review and critical analysis
Discussion of recent research article on the strengths and weaknesses of health literacy as a topic.
Health literacy: simple definition, thoughtful implementation
Found a concise definition of “health literacy,” and a thoughtful YouTube video as well.
