Developing and testing the health literacy universal precautions toolkit
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Using the Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit to Improve the Quality of Patient Materials.
Patient materials are often written above the reading level of most adults. Tool 11 of the Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit ("Design Easy-to-Read Material") provides guidance on ensuring that written patient materials are easy to understand. As part of a pragmatic demonstration of the Toolkit, we examined how four primary care practices implemented Tool 11 and whether written mater...
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit was developed to help primary care practices assess and make changes to improve communication with and support for patients. Twelve diverse primary care practices implemented assigned tools over a 6-month period. Qualitative results revealed challenges practices experienced during implementation, includ...
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Shared decision making (SDM), a collaborative process whereby patients and professionals make health care decisions together, is a cornerstone of ethical patient care. The patient-clinician communication necessary to achieve SDM depends on many factors, not the least of which is a shared language (sometimes with the aid of a medical interpreter). However, even when a patient and clinician are s...
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Background Experts have recommended the adoption of health literacy universal precautions, whereby health care providers make all health information easier to understand, confirm everyone's comprehension, and reduce the difficulty of health-related tasks. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services selected three health literate practices to track progress in the adoption of health literac...
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I nadequate health literacy is a major problem in the United States. Patients’ health literacy skills affect their ability to communicate with health care providers, adhere to health care regimens, access and navigate health care services, and manage health issues. Yet the Institute of Medicine estimated in 2004 that nearly half of all American adults (about 90 million people) have difficulty u...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nursing Outlook
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0029-6554
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2010.12.002