Health Literacy, Primary Care Health Care Providers, and Communication.
Journal
Health literacy research and practice
ISSN: 2474-8307
Titre abrégé: Health Lit Res Pract
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101712185
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2021
Jul 2021
Historique:
entrez:
14
7
2021
pubmed:
15
7
2021
medline:
7
4
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Decision-makers and health professionals face challenges in providing quality medical services while optimizing diminishing resources. Health literacy is associated with health outcomes and health system costs and influences the way in which communication is managed in the health system. This study examined the association between the level of health literacy of service providers in the community, their awareness of health literacy, their attitudes toward health literacy promotion, and the way in which they communicate with patients with low health literacy. A cross-sectional analytic study was conducted among 50 physicians and 50 administrative staff members in community clinics of the Maccabi Health Maintenance Organization in Israel. Significant positive associations were found ( To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that examines health literacy among physicians. The results indicate gaps in the awareness of, and attitudes toward, health literacy among community health care providers, thus suggesting the need for developing and applying guidelines for improving efforts of health system providers regarding health literacy and for applying recommended tools for health communication.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Decision-makers and health professionals face challenges in providing quality medical services while optimizing diminishing resources. Health literacy is associated with health outcomes and health system costs and influences the way in which communication is managed in the health system.
OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
This study examined the association between the level of health literacy of service providers in the community, their awareness of health literacy, their attitudes toward health literacy promotion, and the way in which they communicate with patients with low health literacy.
METHODS
METHODS
A cross-sectional analytic study was conducted among 50 physicians and 50 administrative staff members in community clinics of the Maccabi Health Maintenance Organization in Israel.
KEY RESULTS
RESULTS
Significant positive associations were found (
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that examines health literacy among physicians. The results indicate gaps in the awareness of, and attitudes toward, health literacy among community health care providers, thus suggesting the need for developing and applying guidelines for improving efforts of health system providers regarding health literacy and for applying recommended tools for health communication.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34260319
doi: 10.3928/24748307-20210529-01
pmc: PMC8279021
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Pagination
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