Health Literacy Health Outcomes Promotion 
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.
Diversity Nursing
MAY 23, 2023
Patient education provides a better understanding of their health conditions, treatment options, and self-care strategies, leading to better health outcomes. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Nurses play a major role in promoting healthy behaviors and preventing diseases.
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Diversity Nursing
APRIL 17, 2024
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, and the broader array of influences and structures impacting everyday living. These determinants are the key drivers of health disparities, leading to unjust and preventable health outcomes.
Diversity Nursing
MAY 3, 2023
For example, some people may live in rural areas where they cannot easily access routine health exams. Others may need help understanding health recommendations due to language barriers. Whatever the disadvantage, health disparities can lead to poor health outcomes that negatively contribute to health equity.
Relias
JANUARY 21, 2022
In other words, to promote patient engagement in rehab therapy, you must start with the individual patient’s motivation and work together toward optimal outcomes. Some patients may have low levels of health literacy, and others may experience cultural barriers that prevent them from fully participating in their rehabilitation.
American Nurse
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
This preventable illness demands innovative strategies to improve health outcomes. When performed correctly, patient education can help improve patient health literacy and save costs for the patient and the health system. BMC Public Health. Health literacy. American Nurse Journal. 2023; 18(11).
Minority Nurse
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
As climate change increasingly and disproportionately affects people of color, empowering minority nurses through environmental health education is becoming imperative. Through educational initiatives, minority nurses can help counter environmental racism and its associated adverse health outcomes. Though only 16.8%
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