Department of Population Health Sciences, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
Institute of Public and Preventive Health, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Mar 4;101(9):e29010. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000029010.
Health literacy is a set of knowledge and skills that enables individuals to obtain, communicate, process and understand information, and services to make appropriate health decisions and to successfully navigate the health care system. Health literacy is important to quality of cancer survivorship care and patient self-management of their disease.We examined health literacy among cancer survivors, using data from the 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. We compared health literacy across various demographic and socioeconomic groups and estimated the adjusted odds in favor of low health literacy for these characteristics.We found that about 16% of the cancer survivors had low health literacy. The prevalence was higher among Hispanic and Black individuals, and among those with poor health status, low income and educational attainment.A sizeable percentage of cancer survivors have low health literacy which is likely to complicate their ability to self-manage their disease and navigate the health care system for optimal care. In order to ensure the quality and appropriateness of cancer survivorship care, effective interventions are needed to address low health literacy in these populations.
健康素养是一组知识和技能，使个人能够获取、交流、处理和理解信息和服务，以做出适当的健康决策，并成功地驾驭医疗保健系统。健康素养对于癌症生存者护理的质量和患者对其疾病的自我管理至关重要。我们利用 2016 年行为风险因素监测系统的数据，研究了癌症生存者的健康素养。我们比较了不同人口统计学和社会经济群体的健康素养，并估计了这些特征中不利于低健康素养的调整后优势比。我们发现，约 16%的癌症生存者存在低健康素养。这种患病率在西班牙裔和黑人中较高，在健康状况较差、收入和教育程度较低的人群中也较高。相当一部分癌症生存者的健康素养较低，这可能会影响他们自我管理疾病和为获得最佳护理而驾驭医疗保健系统的能力。为了确保癌症生存者护理的质量和适宜性，需要采取有效的干预措施来解决这些人群中的低健康素养问题。
