BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to assess the published literature on health literacy and diabetes, as well as identify opportunities for technology to strengthen information skills and modify behavior to improve diabetes health outcomes. METHODS Medline (1990-2008), the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (1990-2008), and the Education Resources Information Ce...

With the increasing recognition of health literacy as a worldwide research priority, the development and refinement of indices to measure the construct is an important area of inquiry. Furthermore, the proliferation of online resources and research means that there is a growing need for self-administered instruments. We undertook a systematic overview to identify all published self-administered...

With the development of digital age, “digital learning and innovation” is becoming more important in core literacy information technology discipline. Through elaboration relevant concepts, this paper explores connotation concrete performance senior high school students, then obtains its three manifestations: collection management resources, adaptation environment, application innovation resourc...

Patient education and effective communication are core elements of the nursing profession; therefore, awareness of a patient's health literacy is integral to patient care, safety, education, and counseling. Several past studies have suggested that health care providers overestimate their patient's health literacy. In this study, the authors compare inpatient nurses' estimate of their patient's ...

The study by Tanner and colteagues examined nurses' readiness for evidence-based practice, . specifically, their information literacy knowledge and competency and their access to research information (1), Approximately 3,000 surveys were mailed to nurses with a 37 percent response rate. The results of the study were an eye-opener. The following synopsis of the results is reported according to t...