Findley Aaron
a Countryside , Illinois , USA.
Soc Work Health Care. 2015;54(1):65-81. doi: 10.1080/00981389.2014.966882.
Many older adults struggle to manage their health care problems. Low health literacy exacerbates such struggles and contributes to a variety of adverse health behaviors and outcomes. Addressing how health literacy impinges on the lives of older adults is a neglected area of social work practice and knowledge. This article explores seven areas: defining health literacy, the problem and prevalence of low health literacy among older adults, health inequalities and health literacy, a brief literature review, neglected issues in the literature, suggestions for macro and micro social work interventions to improve health literacy for older adult populations, and conclusion.
许多老年人在应对自身的医疗保健问题时面临困难。健康素养低下加剧了这些困难，并导致了各种不良健康行为和后果。探讨健康素养如何影响老年人的生活，是社会工作实践和知识中一个被忽视的领域。本文探讨了七个方面：健康素养的定义、老年人中健康素养低下的问题及普遍程度、健康不平等与健康素养、简要文献综述、文献中被忽视的问题、改善老年人群健康素养的宏观和微观社会工作干预建议，以及结论。
