Marks Ray
SOPHE Ethics Committee, Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York, New York, USA.
Health Promot Pract. 2009 Jul;10(3):328-32. doi: 10.1177/1524839909335657.
This article discusses health literacy and cultural factors that have implications for the ethical practice of health education. It specifically focuses on recent data that speaks to the challenges in carrying out patient education from the perspective of comprehension and equitable distribution of health-related information across diverse cultures and communities. It discusses strategies for reducing the negative impact of low health literacy among diverse groups and the importance of acknowledging this pervasive problem in the context of ensuring equity in the optimal delivery of health promotion messages.
本文讨论了健康素养和文化因素，这些因素对健康教育的道德实践具有重要意义。它特别关注了近期的数据，这些数据从理解以及在不同文化和社区中公平分配健康相关信息的角度，阐述了开展患者教育所面临的挑战。文章讨论了减少不同群体中低健康素养负面影响的策略，以及在确保公平传递最佳健康促进信息的背景下认识到这一普遍问题的重要性。
