[PDF][PDF] Understanding and responding to health literacy as a social determinant of health

D Nutbeam, JE Lloyd - Annu Rev Public Health, 2021 - nursing.jhu.edu
Evidence of a social gradient in health literacy has been found in all reported national
population surveys. Health literacy is a midstream determinant of health but not a panacea …

Does health literacy mediate the relationship between socioeconomic status and health disparities? Integrative review

C Stormacq, S Van den Broucke… - Health promotion …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
While socioeconomic disparities are among the most fundamental causes of health
disparities, socioeconomic status (SES) does not impact health directly. One of the potential …

Awareness, attitudes, and actions related to COVID-19 among adults with chronic conditions at the onset of the US outbreak: a cross-sectional survey

MS Wolf, M Serper, L Opsasnick… - Annals of internal …, 2020 - acpjournals.org
Background: The evolving outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is requiring
social distancing and other measures to protect public health. However, messaging has …

Knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19 among chronic disease patients at Addis Zemen Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Y Akalu, B Ayelign, MD Molla - Infection and drug resistance, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the worst global
crisis after the Second World War. Since no successful treatment and vaccine have been …

Disparities in COVID-19 related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours by health literacy

KJ McCaffery, RH Dodd, E Cvejic, J Ayre, C Batcup… - medRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Objectives To explore the variation in understanding, attitudes and uptake of COVID-19
health advice during the 2020 pandemic lockdown by health literacy. Study design National …

Exploring the digital divide: age and race disparities in use of an inpatient portal

DM Walker, JL Hefner, N Fareed, TR Huerta… - Telemedicine and e …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Background: Age and race disparities in the use of new technologies—the digital divide—
may be limiting the potential of patient-facing health information technology to improve …

The intersections between social determinants of health, health literacy, and health disparities

D Schillinger - Health Literacy in Clinical Practice and Public …, 2020 - ebooks.iospress.nl
This chapter synthesizes what is known about the relationship between social disadvantage
and measures of low health literacy (LHL), and reviews the research examining whether …

Health literacy in African-American communities: Barriers and strategies

B Muvuka, RM Combs, SD Ayangeakaa… - HLRP: Health …, 2020 - journals.healio.com
Eighty-seven million American adults have low health literacy (LHL), costing up to $238
billion annually in inefficiencies (Vernon, Trujillo, Rosenbaum, & DeBuono, 2007). Yet, the …

Evidence on the effectiveness of health literacy interventions in the EU: a systematic review

BB Visscher, B Steunenberg, M Heijmans… - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background In the last decade, the attention for health literacy has increased in the
European Union. This is due to three main reasons. First, reviews have shown that …

Health literacy and patient outcomes in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review

DM Taylor, S Fraser, C Dudley… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Limited health literacy affects 25% of people with chronic kidney disease
(CKD), and may reduce self-management skills resulting in poorer clinical outcomes. By …