Introduction This paper describes 10 attributes of health literate care organizations, that is, organizations make it easier for people to navigate, understand, and use information services take their health. Having benefits not only the 77 million Americans who have limited literacy, but […]

Health literacy is the capacity to understand basic health information and make appropriate decisions. Tens of millions Americans have limited literacy--a fact that poses major challenges for delivery high-quality care. Despite its importance, has until recently been relegated sidelines care improvement efforts aimed at increasing access, improving quality, better managing costs. Recent federal policy initiatives, including Affordable Care Act 2010, Department Human Services' National Action...

The nation's leading sources of morbidity and health disparities (eg, preterm birth, obesity, chronic lung disease, cardiovascular type 2 diabetes, mental disorders, cancer) require an evidence-based approach to the delivery effective preventive care across life course prenatal care, primary immunizations, physical activity, nutrition, smoking cessation, early diagnostic screening). Health literacy may be a critical modifiable factor for improving reducing disparities. Recent studies among...

This article presents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Clear Communication Index (the Index), a tool that emphasizes primary audience’s needs provides set of evidence-based criteria to develop assess public communication products diverse audiences. The consists four open-ended introductory questions 20 scored items affect information clarity audience comprehension, according scientific literature. A research team fielded an online survey test Index’s validity. Respondents...

The U.S. Healthy People 2030 health objective-setting process has taken place in an inequitable social structure with significant implications for literacy, equity, and population health. draft objectives have greatly reduced the number of digital literacy objectives, meaning our national agenda is poised to capture only a fraction what will evolve between 2020 2030. This paper synthesizes two decades data on highlights trends disparities that persist proposes remedies ensure issues receive...

The mass media provide an important channel for delivering crisis and emergency risk information to the public. We conducted a content analysis of 369 newspaper television broadcast stories covering natural disaster foodborne outbreak events coded seven best practices in messaging. On average, slightly less than two (1.86) were included each story. proportion including individual ranged from 4.6% "expressing empathy" 83.7% "explaining what is known" about event's impact human health. Each...

Health communicators can draw some early lessons from the first five to six months of worldwide experience with Coronavirus Disease 2019. While it is critically important apply known efficacious principles communication strategies, we would do well imbue our efforts insights health literacy studies. We know national and international assessments that a significant proportion adults in most industrialized nations have limited numeracy skills face difficulty using commonly available materials...

A scale for measuring the engagement properties of eHealth content was adapted from commercial advertising research. We define as process involving users in health ways that motivate and lead to behavior change. Complete responses were obtained 230/260 participants exposed seven areas online remote testing. After viewing each three randomly assigned areas, completed two questionnaires. The first one assessed appropriateness, applicability, motivation, intentions change or engage behaviors...

Abstract In this article I analyze doctor-patient use of e-mail within the context evolving relationship and ongoing changes in U.S. health care system. Evidence from published literature on relationships communication, empirical studies uses Internet by doctors patients, commentaries about Internet's role are examined discussed to reveal common, unsupported assumptions likely impact also value structure associated with current practices between patients. argue that existing research does...

The potential public and individual health consequences of unequal access to digital technologies have been recognized in the United States for at least a decade. Unequal Internet related has characterized as “digital divide”; naturalistic trends toward broader across population targeted intervention increase are described progress inclusion.” problem divide one healthcare justice. idea that everyone should telecommunications grid—telephone computer—is central tenet U.S. universal service...

Participatory research methodologies can provide insight into the use of mobile health (mHealth) apps, cultural preferences and needs, literacy issues for racial ethnic groups, such as African Americans Hispanics who experience disparities.This methodological paper aims to describe a 1-year multi-method participatory process that directly engaged English-speaking American bilingual or Spanish-speaking Hispanic adults in designing prevention-focused, personalized mHealth, information-seeking...

Many online health information sources are generic and difficult to understand, but consumers want be personalized understandable. Smartphone applications (apps) offer support goals reduce preventable chronic conditions. This study aimed determine how the HealthyMe/MiSalud app (1) engaged English-speaking African American Spanish-speaking Hispanic adults, (2) motivated them set follow preventive recommendations. Our adds literature on digital health, seeking, prevention. We used a...

Numerous calls for a public health approach to literacy and visions of literate society have appeared in recent years. Yet, many gaps what we know about do improve remain. Major developments at the national level last decade help define role creating better set stage new investigations literacy. Four frameworks are examined their usefulness posing questions literacy: Healthy People, Ten Essential Public Health Functions, promotion, disparities. Each generates uses methods that can produce...

Limited health literacy is increasingly recognized as a public problem. Growing recognition of the problem—and need for solutions—creates an imperative field research to identify effective interventions. The National Action Plan Improve Health Literacy (U.S. DHHS, 2010) recommends increased basic in literacy. This paper elaborates on this call by explicating what meant and describing several ways which will benefit and, particularly, progress toward designing successful

Research has yet to offer strong recommendations for effective tobacco prevention and cessation messaging that can reduce tobacco-related health disparities among Black and/or Latine LGBTQ+ youth young adults. As a result of predatory marketing strategies community stressors, other factors, adults use products at higher rates than their non-LGBTQ+ peers. These are uniquely complex within the community, but there been little research addressing communication promote these groups. Given...