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Patient education and health literacy

Wittink, H., Oosterhaven, J.·2018·Musculoskeletal Science and Practice
DOI 10.1016/j.msksp.2018.06.004
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Introduction Patient education is a relatively new science within the field of health care. In the past it consisted mainly of the transfer of knowledge and mostly biomedically based advice. Research has shown this to not be effective and sometimes counterproductive. As health care has moved away from applying a traditional paternalistic approach of 'doctor knows best' to a patient-centred care approach, patient education must be tailored to meet persons' individual needs. Purpose The purpose of this master paper is to increase awareness of patients' health literacy levels. Health literacy is linked to literacy and entails people's knowledge, motivation and competences to access, understand, appraise and apply health information in order to make judgements and take decisions in everyday life concerning health care, disease prevention and health promotion to maintain or improve quality of life during the life course. Many patients have low health literacy skills, and have difficulty with reading, writing, numeracy, communication, and, increasingly, the use of electronic technology, which impede access to and understanding of health care information. Implications Multiple professional organizations recommend using universal health literacy precautions to provide understandable and accessible information to all patients, regardless of their literacy or education levels. This includes avoiding medical jargon, breaking down information or instructions into small concrete steps, li…

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Authors
Wittink, H., & Oosterhaven, J.
Affiliations
University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (NL)
Corresponding author
Wittink, H.
ORCID
Venue
Musculoskeletal Science and Practice
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-12
Volume
38
Pages
120-127
ISSN
2468-7812 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.msksp.2018.06.004
OpenAlex
W2810661566
Cited by
267
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18.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Musculoskeletal Science and Practice (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Cultural Competency in Health Care
Keywords
patient education, health literacy, patient-centered care, teach-back, health information understanding, health promotion, disease prevention, patient decision-making, health information access, visual aids, numeracy
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Male, Middle Aged, Patient Education as Topic, Patient-Centered Care, Health Literacy

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