User-Oriented Healthcare Translation and Communication

2020 ◽  
pp. 430-451
Author(s):  
Meng Ji ◽  
Kristine Sørensen ◽  
Pierrette Bouillon
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged ◽  
Disadvantaged Populations ◽  
Medical Translation ◽  
Medical Interpreting ◽  
Literacy Research

Healthcare translation provides a useful and powerful intervention tool to facilitate the engagement with migrants with diverse language, cultural, and health literacy backgrounds. The development of culturally effective and patient-oriented healthcare translation resources has become increasingly pressing. In this chapter, the authors explore, firstly, patient-focused and culturally effective healthcare and medical translation methodologies by integrating insights from health literacy research and corpus-based textual readability evaluation and, secondly, user-oriented criteria which can be used in the development and evaluation of new medical interpreting technologies with a view to enhancing the usability among patients from refugee, migrant, or other socioeconomically disadvantaged populations.

scholarly journals Health Literacy in Schools? A Systematic Review of Health-Related Interventions Aimed at Disadvantaged Adolescents

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 176
Author(s):  
Craig Smith ◽  
Hannah R. Goss ◽  
Johann Issartel ◽  
Sarahjane Belton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Effective Intervention ◽  
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged ◽  
Disadvantaged Populations ◽  
School Based

Socioeconomically disadvantaged populations are at greater risk of adopting unhealthy behaviours and developing chronic diseases. Adolescence has been identified as a crucial life stage to develop lifelong healthy behaviours, with schools often suggested as the ideal environment to foster healthy habits. Health literacy (HL) provides a possible solution to promote such healthy behaviours. The aim of this study was to review school-based HL-related interventions targeting socioeconomically disadvantaged adolescents and to identify effective intervention strategies for this population. Searches were performed in six databases. Inclusion criteria included age: 12–16; the implementation of a school-based intervention related to HL aimed at socioeconomically disadvantaged populations; an intervention focused on: physical activity (PA), diet, mental health, substance abuse or sleep. Forty-one articles were included, with the majority focusing on PA and diet (n = 13), PA (n = 9) or mental health (n = 7). Few interventions focused solely on substance abuse (n = 2) or sleep (n = 1), and none targeted or assessed HL as an outcome measure. There was huge heterogeneity in study design, outcomes measures and effectiveness reported. Effective intervention strategies were identified that can be used to guide future interventions, including practical learning activities, peer support and approaches targeting the school environment, the parents or that link the intervention to the community.

scholarly journals A pilot study of adolescent health literacy research in Melbourne: Implementation and reflections

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuaijun Guo ◽  
Elise Davis ◽  
Rebecca Armstrong ◽  
Xiaoming Yu ◽  
Lucio Naccarella
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Literacy Research

scholarly journals Qualitative methods in health literacy research in young children

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
O Okan ◽  
TM Bollweg ◽  
J Bröder ◽  
P Pinheiro ◽  
U Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Literacy Research

Functional Requirements and Quality Assurance Necessary for Successful Incorporation of Electroporation-Based Therapies Into Clinical Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Pirc ◽  
Matej Reberšek ◽  
Damijan Miklavčič
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Medical Device ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Functional Requirements ◽  
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged ◽  
Pulse Parameters ◽  
Disadvantaged Populations ◽  
Safety Guidelines

Abstract Electroporation-based therapies have a huge potential for implementation into clinical practice in socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. Currently, the price of electroporators and electrodes is relatively high, but custom low budget devices can be developed. In the paper, we describe three most established applications in medicine, with the focus on the basic mechanisms, which should be taken into account during the development process of a clinical electroporator. Also, typical pulse parameters used in each of the described applications are defined. In the second part of the paper, we describe technical functional requirements for a clinical electroporator and safety guidelines, with the focus on medical device standard. At the end of the paper, the focus moves to a more general problematic, such as quality assurance and the importance of measurement during the pulse delivery, which we firmly believe is necessary for successful electroporation.

Health Literacy Research and Practice: A Needed Paradigm Shift

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 1176-1180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Pleasant ◽  
Jennifer Cabe ◽  
Kavita Patel ◽  
Jennifer Cosenza ◽  
Richard Carmona
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Literacy Research
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