University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, IL, USA.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, IL, USA.
Patient Educ Couns. 2023 Nov;116:107932. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2023.107932. Epub 2023 Aug 9.
Patient education and health literacy aim to enhance understanding of health and self-care for optimal health outcomes. However, the attention towards populations with visual impairments requiring specialized accommodations for improved health literacy and healthcare access appears to be insufficient METHODS: In an effort to bridge this gap, we conducted a scoping review focusing on health literacy studies undertaken specifically for individuals with visual impairments.
We encapsulate the main findings and constraints of preceding studies and deliberate on the influence of health literacy research for individuals with visual impairments on healthcare inequalities and health disparities.
A health-literate approach, combined with an accessible healthcare environment, can serve as a catalyst to motivate individuals with visual impairments to actively engage in their self-care practices.
It is of utmost urgency to develop and validate a health literacy assessment tool for visually impaired individuals, and to utilize it for providing healthcare interventions as well as health education.
患者教育和健康素养旨在增强对健康和自我保健的理解，以实现最佳健康结果。然而，对于需要特殊适应措施以提高健康素养和获得医疗保健的视力障碍人群，人们对他们的关注度似乎不够。
为了弥补这一差距，我们进行了一项范围综述，重点关注专门针对视力障碍者进行的健康素养研究。
我们总结了先前研究的主要发现和限制，并讨论了视力障碍者健康素养研究对医疗不平等和健康差距的影响。
健康素养方法结合无障碍的医疗环境，可以激发视力障碍者积极参与自我保健实践。
开发和验证针对视力障碍者的健康素养评估工具，并将其用于提供医疗干预和健康教育，这是当务之急。
