American Nurse

AUGUST 1, 2024

Evidence-based patient education guidelines Takeaways Health literacy relates to an individual’s ability to find, understand, and use healthcare information and services. Only one in ten people have proficient health literacy. However, White found that only one in ten people have proficient health literacy.

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Nurse.com

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Health literacy is key to helping everyone understand what is happening and make informed, shared decisions about health care. America’s health literacy challenge. And if all of these factors are not considered by nurses and other members of the healthcare team, then health literacy will be inadequate.

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American Nurse

MAY 2, 2024

Due to the increasing number of people diagnosed with diabetes and pre-diabetes, by 2030 cost of care will increase. For example, ElSayed and colleagues recommend considering individual patient health literacy and cultural disease awareness when discussing diabetes technology. Hispanic: 6.1 White non-Hispanic: 5.1 Diabetes Care.

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Self-Care Education Health Literacy Promotion 105