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4 Useful Reminders About Health Literacy
HCP:
1.24.2019 by Anne Marie Liebel (Podcast)
[ Transcript ] In
the last several years, health literacy has become the patient safety and
quality issue that everyone is supposed to be paying attention to.
The
WHO is working on it, along with multiple federal agencies and professional
organizations. Health communication researchers have been on it for decades now
(way before it was cool). It has its own journal, the Journal of Health Literacy Research and Practice. Please check it out. As a literacy researcher
and educator, I think this is great.
Yet
even as the term is popular, health literacy as a term remains contested. Like
with many other popular topics, there are different schools of thought out
there about health literacy. People tend to get fired up about one or another
facet of health literacy. Conversations about health literacy policy and
research can be politically charged.
That’s
all fine, but we want to be careful that we don’t start to think of health
literacy as something negative or burdensome.
In
other words, in this episode, I’ll invite you for a moment to not worry about
health literacy, but to see it as something you can work with. Not only because
worry is a waste of time, but because health literacy is something you can
impact.
I’m
excited to announce a new audiobook bundle: Addressing
Implicit Bias. It’s almost 90 minutes of audio, plus an ebook with
clickable links to research references, plus a powerpoint show, plus a document
of references and additional resources. I made it for you so you know it’s
grounded in my commitment to equity and reducing health disparities.
I
continue to ask health professionals what they think health literacy means, and
I get a wide variety of answers.
Though
many people rely on the WHO definition, there are dozens out there. Leaders in
the health literacy field have pointed out that none of the existing
definitions has adequately captured the complexity of health literacy. Though
they have asked repeatedly for a redefinition, as far as I know, one has yet to
materialize.
Based
on my background and experience in health literacy, and literacy more
generally, here are 4 things to keep in mind so you can feel more confident–or
perhaps see yourself as more competent–when it comes to doing something about
health literacy.
I’ll
invite you, for a moment, not to worry about health literacy, but to see it as
something you can work with. In this episode, you’ll learn 4 helpful reminders
when it comes to health literacy and your patients. LISTEN
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Low Health Literacy, NAAL
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2004:
Literacy and Health in America, ETS
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