Health Literacy Competencies for European Health Care Personnel

Exploring health literacy competencies in community pharmacy.

BACKGROUND Health literacy is the ability to obtain, interpret and use health information. Low rates of health literacy in Australia have been suggested, but no validated measure exists. OBJECTIVE To explore health literacy competencies in a sample of community pharmacy consumers. DESIGN Structured interviews were undertaken by a team of researchers during August, 2009. The instrument was d...

Health literacy and self-care in patients

Self-care is a process in which a patient uses his knowledge and skills to perform recommended behaviors. Therefore, patients should not only be able to obtain sufficient information about their illness and how to take care of them, they must also be able to use their knowledge in different situations and situations. In fact, patients for self-care and disease management, need to receive accura...

Infection prevention and control competencies for hospital-based health care personnel.

BACKGROUND Infection prevention and control education for hospital-based health care personnel has differed across organizations because of a lack of identified practice competencies. This gap also has resulted in variation of the educational curriculum in the academic setting and a lack of consistent preparation for emergency responses. The purpose of this study was to develop a list of compet...

Influenza vaccination for health care personnel.

Understanding the Concept of Health Literacy by Health Personnel: A Qualitative Content Analysis

Introduction: Health literacy is known as one of the main health determinants. Health personnel are pioneer in providing healthcare services in the health system of the country. To play their main role in the society, health personnel should have appropriate understanding and attitude towards the concept of health literacy to respond to the needs of society, especially the needs of patients wit...