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Health literacy in Suriname [PDF]
Social Work in Health Care, 2017 Low health literacy is an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality. However, data on health literacy in low- and middle-income countries are scarce. Therefore, we assessed the level of health literacy in Suriname, a middle-income country with a high cardiovascular mortality.We estimated health literacy in a convenience sample at an urban ...
Frederieke S. Diemer +5 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objective We assessed whether shared decision‐making (SDM), and patient acceptability, feasibility, and overall satisfaction with a computerized patient decision aid (PtDA) for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), differs by PtDA setting, modality, and the viewing experience.
Jasvinder A. Singh +3 more
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Using the Lens database for staff publications
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2020 In a rapidly changing landscape, many health sciences libraries are looking to increase the support they provide for research in their organization. The Lens database is a free platform for enabling discovery of both scholarly and patent literature.
Rob Penfold
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Health Literacy: An overview of an emerging field [PDF]
, 2011 According to the National Adult Literacy Survey, nearly 90 million American adults test below a high school level for literacy skills (Kirsch, Jungeblut, Jenkins & Kolstad, 1993).Because most health materials are written at least at the high school level,
Flaherty, Mary Grace
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Do Low Income Youth of Color See "The Bigger Picture" When Discussing Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Evaluation of a Public Health Literacy Campaign. [PDF]
, 2018 As Type 2 diabetes spikes among minority and low-income youth, there is an urgent need to tackle the drivers of this preventable disease. The Bigger Picture (TBP) is a counter-marketing campaign using youth-created, spoken-word public service ...
Fine, Sarah +2 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Background In complex diseases, it is challenging to assess a patient's disease state, trajectory, treatment exposures, and risk of multiple outcomes simultaneously, efficiently and at the point of care. Methods We developed an interactive patient‐level data visualization and analysis tool (VAT) that automates illustration of a scleroderma patient's ...
Ji Soo Kim +18 more
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Promoting Strategies to Overcome Low Health Literacy and Improve Patient Understanding in Outpatient Setting [PDF]
, 2016 Over 36% of US adults have low health literacy. This contributes to poorer health outcomes and increased costs for individuals and health care systems.
Siskind, Samantha M.
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objectives Australian evidence on lived and care experiences of chronic musculoskeletal shoulder pain (CMSP), irrespective of disorder classification or disease, is limited. However, such evidence is important for person‐centred care and informing local service pathways and care guidelines or standards.
Sonia Ranelli +8 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 It is generally agreed upon that the development of health literacy should be addressed from an early age onwards in order to empower children to develop their full health potential. Schools can be seen as an ideal venue for strengthening health literacy
Tessa Schulenkorf +4 more
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Improving Awareness of Low Health Literacy and Strategies to Overcome It [PDF]
, 2016 This project outlines an intervention delivered at a family medicine residency program in Bangor, ME to increase residents\u27 knowledge of the impact of low health literacy and supply them with communication techniques to help improve patient ...
DeStefano, Sherilyn
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