Kim Hyunmin, Goldsmith Joy V, Sengupta Soham, Mahmood Asos, Powell M Paige, Bhatt Jay, Chang Cyril F, Bhuyan Soumitra S
Division of Health Systems Management and Policy, University of Memphis School of Public Health, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA.
Department of Communication, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA.
J Cancer Educ. 2019 Feb;34(1):3-8. doi: 10.1007/s13187-017-1293-5.
Health literacy is critical for cancer patients as they must understand complex procedures or treatment options. Caregivers' health literacy also plays a crucial role in caring for cancer patients. Low health literacy is associated with low adherence to medications, poor health status, and increased health care costs. There is a growing interest in the use of mobile health applications (apps) to improve health literacy. Mobile health apps can empower underserved cancer patients and their caregivers by providing features or functionalities to enhance interactive patient-provider communication and to understand medical information more readily. Despite the potentiality of improving health literacy through mobile health apps, there exist several related concerns: no equal access to mobile technology, no familiarity or knowledge of using mobile health apps, and privacy and security concerns. These elements should be taken into account for health policy making and mobile apps design and development. Importantly, mobile apps should be developed with the goal of achieving a high range of user access by considering all health literacy level and various cultural and linguistic needs.
健康素养对癌症患者至关重要，因为他们必须理解复杂的程序或治疗方案。照顾者的健康素养在照顾癌症患者方面也起着至关重要的作用。健康素养低与用药依从性低、健康状况差以及医疗费用增加有关。人们越来越关注使用移动健康应用程序（应用）来提高健康素养。移动健康应用可以通过提供增强患者与提供者互动沟通以及更轻松理解医疗信息的功能，赋予服务不足的癌症患者及其照顾者力量。尽管通过移动健康应用提高健康素养具有潜力，但仍存在一些相关问题：无法平等使用移动技术、对使用移动健康应用不熟悉或缺乏相关知识，以及隐私和安全问题。在制定健康政策以及进行移动应用设计和开发时应考虑这些因素。重要的是，移动应用的开发应以实现广泛的用户访问为目标，要考虑到所有健康素养水平以及各种文化和语言需求。
