We assume that social media use contributes to employability and sociality and media literacy complements a basic set of skills. Especially the low skilled and low educated lack media literacy, which contributes to their precarious situation and increases a participation gap. A database search for peer reviewed articles covering effective elements of media literacy did not return any useful res...

background and purpose: faculty members are the most important assets and resources of each country and information literacy refers to a set of capabilities that enable people to recognize the need for information and after placement and access to information needed, they evaluate and effectively use them, and since scientific production is one of the important indicators of faculty members’ pe...

BACKGROUND More than 25% of Medicare patients hospitalized for heart failure are readmitted within 30 days. The contributions of numeracy and health literacy to recidivism for patients with acute heart failure (AHF) are not known. METHODS AND RESULTS A cohort of patients with acute heart failure who presented to 4 emergency departments between January 2008 and September 2011. Research assista...

BACKGROUND Low literacy is common in Hong Kong and China, especially among the females and the elderly. These are often the patients with the greatest health care needs. However little is known about how low literacy affects the ability of patients to obtain adequate medical care and comply with the recommendations of health professionals. METHODS Qualitative study of subjects' opinions using...

OBJECTIVES To describe the relationship between health literacy, distress, and cervical cancer risk factors in women at high risk for developing cervical cancer. DESIGN Cross-sectional, prospective cohort design. SETTING Two university-based gynecological oncology colposcopy clinics and 3 Planned Parenthood community dinics. PATIENTS/PARTICIPANTS One hundred-thirty English-speaking Africa...

BACKGROUND Low health literacy is a potential barrier to self-management among patients with diabetes. A variety of strategies for low health literacy have been proposed for diabetes self-management interventions, but interventions accommodating low health literacy have been heterogeneous in terms of content and have produced mixed results. AIM To systematically review health-literacy-sensiti...

Background: Kidney failure patients with low health literacy are at increased risk for poor self-care and negative health outcome. Objectives: This study aimed to examine the role of health literacy in patient’s knowledge about kidney disease and medical care adherence and also to test the mediating role of kidney knowledge on the relationship between health literacy and medical adherence among...

We explored whether the effects of a telephone-based osteoarthritis (OA) self-management support intervention differed by race and health literacy. Participants included 515 veterans with hip and/or knee OA. Linear mixed models assessed differential effects of the intervention compared with health education (HE) and usual care (UC) on pain (Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales-2 [AIMS2] and Visu...

Introduction: The provider-patient relationship has been changed as a result of increased demands on provider’s time and reimbursement methods. This has put a strain on the health education portion of physician’s appointments and left many patients with a low health literacy. Background: Low health literacy has implications for patient satisfaction, and outcomes. The personal health record (PHR...

Rapid assessment of health literacy on admission to the hospital H ealth literacy is the measurement of knowledge and skills that a patient needs to make informed medical decisions regarding his or her own medical care or the care of others for which they may be responsible (1). Assessing health literacy has become a point of emphasis for organizations dealing with health care delivery. The imp...