Understanding the Impact of Health Literacy on Women's Health

Shieh, Carol; Halstead, Judith A.

doi:10.1111/j.1552-6909.2009.01059.x

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“…One-third of the women in our sample had university education, a percentage similar to that in other research (22). established standard protocols for pregnancy monitoring, which include the healthcare activities listed in Table 2.…”

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“…The Andalusian Regional Health System and the Spanish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology have Numerous studies (2,3,13,14,17,21,22) not only focus on how pregnancy is monitored but also on the satisfaction of the pregnant women with the healthcare given. Besides indicating the extent to which the health system responds to the needs of pregnant women, it is also a quality reference.…”

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Satisfaction Level of New Mothers with Prenatal Care and the Healthcare Professionals Who Provide It

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West Indian Med J

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Satisfaction Level of New Mothers with Prenatal Care and the Healthcare Professionals Who Provide It

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Rf²,

J³

et al. 2015

West Indian Med J

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“…Furthermore, HL is considered as a key element of female's involvement in health promotion activities and preventive acts for the themselves and their family. It is nearly impossible for a woman to make the right health-related decision for herself and her family when she is unequipped with proper healthcare knowledge (58). A systematic review study by Berkman et al examined the relationship between health literacy and health outcomes (59).…”

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Measles Epidemiology in Sistan and Baluchistan Province During April 2006-March 2011

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Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to assess the level of health literacy (HL) in the Iranian population.Data Sources: Persian and English-language articles were identified through Embase, MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, SID, Web of Science, and hand-searching (search dates for articles on health literacy, 1990 to February 2016).Study Selection: Two reviewers independently selected studies that directly measured health literacy levels. Data Extraction: Abstracted article information were categorized into evidence tables by one reviewer; information accuracy was checked by a second reviewer. Two reviewers independently evaluated the study quality by using predefined inclusion criteria, and jointly the overall strength of evidence evaluated by the research team.Results: Twenty-eight relevant good-or fair-quality studies amongst 102 articles were identified, and 44 publications were assessed in full text. The researchers excluded 16 studies: Nine were reports with inadequate results and seven had low quality. Conclusions: Health Literacy of the Iranian population was inadequate and borderline. Therefore, the need to increase awareness and intervention to reduce poor HL in the Iranian population is crucial.Keywords: Health Literacy, Health Literacy Questionnaire, Iranian Population, Systematic Review ContextAs a new concept, HL was introduced in 1974 for the first time in scientific publications related to health education. However, it did not receive significant attention for two decades. The term entered the health promotion domain in 1997 by Kick Busch (1). By definition, HL is one's capacity of achievement, interpretation and comprehension of primary healthcare information and services required for proper decision-making (2). It involves a collection of reading, listening, analysis, decision-making, and ability of applying these skills in health-related situations. It does not necessarily correlate with one's education level or general literacy (3-5). Health Literacy has been introduced by the World Health Organization (WHO), as a key determiner of healthcare. It has been recommended globally to create an association to constantly monitor and coordinate strategic activities, especially with the aim of promoting healthcare (6).Although it is not yet clear how HL affects healthrelated outcomes, there is plenty of evidence that many undesirable health consequences are due to inadequate HL (7). According to the investigations of the U.S. healthcare strategy center, those with low HL have fewer chances of comprehending health staff's oral or written advice. They, therefore, experience a lower health state and pay more for doctors' visits and are hospitalized more often (8, 9). They are less successful in performing self-care acts (10) as well as preventive acts (11) and, therefore, pay higher medical costs (12).The primary goal of developing HL is facilitating communicative healthcare and HIT strategies to promote health status and achieve equality in health service provision (13).Si...

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“…In particular, researchers have focused on the differential life trajectories of women and men as they are framed and inculcated by structural dynamics [12, 14, 32, 38–40]. Gender equity for example is a concept that allows for an understanding that sometimes different groups of women and men have different health needs, resulting from the intersection of a variety of social and biological factors [41].…”

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Health and legal literacy for migrants: twinned strands woven in the cloth of social justice and the human right to health care

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2017

BMC Int Health Hum Rights

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BackgroundBased on an analysis of published literature, this paper provides an over-view of the challenges associated with delivering on the right to access quality health care for international migrants to industrialized countries, and asks which group of professionals is best equipped to provide services that increase health and legal literacy. Both rights and challenges are approached from a social justice perspective with the aim of identifying opportunities to promote greater health equity. That is, to go beyond the legal dictates enshrined in principles of equality, and target as an ethical imperative a situation where all migrants receive the particular assistance they need to overcome the barriers that inhibit their equitable access to health care. This assistance is especially important for migrant groups that are further disadvantaged by differing cultural constructions of gender. Viewing the topic from this perspective makes evident a gap in both research literature and policy. The review has found that while health literacy is debated and enshrined as a policy objective, and consideration is given to improving legal literacy as a means of challenging social injustice in developing nations, however, no discussion has been identified that considers assisting migrants to gain legal literacy as a step toward achieving not only health literacy and improved health outcomes, but critical participation as members of their adoptive society.ConclusionIncreasing migrant health literacy, amalgamated with legal literacy, aids migrants to better access their human right to appropriate care, which in turn demonstrably assists in increasing social engagement, citizenship and productivity. However what is not evident in the literature, is which bureaucratic or societal group holds responsibility for assisting migrants to develop critical citizenship literacy skills. This paper proposes that a debate is required to determine both who is best placed to provide services that increase health and legal literacy, and how they should be resourced, trained and equipped.

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Understanding the Impact of Health Literacy on Women's Health

Cited by 77 publications

References 42 publications

Satisfaction Level of New Mothers with Prenatal Care and the Healthcare Professionals Who Provide It

Satisfaction Level of New Mothers with Prenatal Care and the Healthcare Professionals Who Provide It

Measles Epidemiology in Sistan and Baluchistan Province During April 2006-March 2011

Health and legal literacy for migrants: twinned strands woven in the cloth of social justice and the human right to health care

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