Parker Ruth, Kreps Gary L
Emory University School of Medicine, Mailstop 1480/002/1AA, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
J Med Libr Assoc. 2005 Oct;93(4 Suppl):S81-5.
This paper examines the powerful influences of consumer health literacy on access to and use of relevant health information.
The paper describes how widespread problems with health literacy significantly limit effective dissemination of relevant health information in society, especially to many vulnerable populations where health literacy challenges are especially pervasive.
The paper examines strengths and weaknesses of different programs for addressing health literacy problems, including educational programs, message design programs, and strategic communication training and intervention programs.
The paper evaluates strategies that can be implemented throughout the modern health care system to address problems of health literacy by improving health information access, processing, and understanding. It concludes by examining several strategies that libraries can adopt to overcome many health literacy challenges.
本文探讨消费者健康素养对获取和使用相关健康信息的强大影响。
本文描述了健康素养方面普遍存在的问题如何严重限制了相关健康信息在社会中的有效传播,尤其是对许多健康素养挑战尤为普遍的弱势群体。
本文研究了不同解决健康素养问题项目的优缺点,包括教育项目、信息设计项目以及战略沟通培训和干预项目。
本文评估了可在现代医疗保健系统中实施的策略,以通过改善健康信息的获取、处理和理解来解决健康素养问题。最后,本文探讨了图书馆可采用的几种策略,以克服诸多健康素养挑战。