scholarly journals Elder Health Literacy

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
The Public ◽  
Low Health Literacy ◽  
Populations At Risk ◽  
Health Education Materials

The public health impact of limited literacy has begun to be explored. The elderly and those with limited formal education are often the most vulnerable populations at risk of having low health literacy. Health promotion specialists must be cognizant of the literacy demands of health education materials (e.g., pamphlets, questionnaires) distributed to the elderly. Care must be taken to ensure that health education materials are both linguistically and culturally appropriate for whom they are intended.

scholarly journals A pilot test of the acceptability and efficacy of narrative and non-narrative health education materials in a low health literacy population

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghan Bridgid Moran ◽  
Lauren B. Frank ◽  
Joyee S. Chatterjee ◽  
Sheila T. Murphy ◽  
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Pilot Test ◽  
Low Health Literacy ◽  
Health Education Materials

scholarly journals Literacy and health literacy - why they matter to health professionals

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (16) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Debra B. Reed
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Health Costs ◽  
Low Literacy ◽  
Reading Levels ◽  
Low Health Literacy ◽  
Health Education Materials

Low literacy and low health literacy affect people in all demographic strata and interfere with patients’ abilities to understand and act on information provided by health careproviders. Many print health education materials are written at reading levels well above those recommended. Thus, compliance to health messages is compromised, and health costs are increased. As medicine moves into new fields such as precision medicine, effective communication between patients and health care professionals becomes even more challenging and important.

scholarly journals Nothing but Trouble: Studies on the Effects of Reforms in Elderly Care in Sweden and Poland

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Sobis
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
The Future

Abstract Reforms of the public sector, conducted in the spirit of NPM since the 1990s, are frequently studied by Western and Eastern scholars. The research shows national variations in how the NPM idea was translated and adapted into a country’s context and regulations. Care for the elderly is an interesting example of reforms conducted in the spirit of NPM, because it relates to welfare and health care and to the competences of provincial and local authorities in most European countries. This paper addresses the following questions: What do we know about the reforms conducted in the spirit of NPM and its practical implication within the field of care for the elderly during 1990 - 2010? What kind of knowledge about care for the elderly is still missing and should be developed in the future ? Th is paper conducts comparative research on what is known about the effects of the Swedish and the Polish reforms regarding care for the elderly. It argues that most literature points to negative effects, but also to the fact that there are still gaps in our knowledge about the effects of reforms concerning elderly care, especially regarding its organization. Hence, despite all the research done, we do not know what kind of social and health-care services for seniors represent the best practices for the future.

Patient health literacy and the receipt of opioids in the emergency department

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-270
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Dayaa, MS ◽  
Montika Bush, PhD, MS ◽  
Natalie L. Richmond, BA ◽  
Lewis S. Nelson, MD ◽  
Timothy F. Platts-Mills, MD, MSc
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Opioid Use ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Opioid Prescription ◽  
Low Health Literacy ◽  
Percent Difference ◽  
Patient Health ◽  
To Receive

Objective: Assess relationships between patient health literacy and formal education and use of opioids during and following an emergency department (ED) visit.Design: Prospective, cross-sectional study.Setting: Academic ED.Participants: Adults aged ≥ 60 years presenting to the ED with musculoskeletal pain.Main outcome measures: Opioid use during and after an ED visit.Results: In a sample of 136 patients, patients with low health literacy were more likely to receive an opioid in the ED than patients with high health literacy (70 percent vs 52 percent; 18 percent difference, 95% confidence interval [CI]: –1 percent, 35 percent), receive an opioid prescription (63 percent vs 44 percent; 19 percent difference, 95% CI: 1 percent, 37 percent), and take opioids during the week following the ED visit (48 percent vs 29 percent; 18 percent difference, 95% CI: 0 percent, 36 percent).Conclusions: A greater proportion of older adults receiving ED care for musculoskeletal pain with low health literacy receive and use opioids during and following an ED visit.

scholarly journals Urban Partnerships to Address Health Literacy in High Need Populations

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abiola Keller ◽  
Amy Vuyk ◽  
Joshua Knox
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Critical Determinant ◽  
Socioeconomic Groups ◽  
Group Format ◽  
Low Health Literacy ◽  
Low Incomes ◽  
Successful Collaboration

Low health literacy disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minority communities and lower-income socioeconomic groups. To address this critical determinant of health inequity, two nonprofit organizations, Repairers of the Breach, a day shelter for individuals experiencing homelessness, and Bread of Healing a neighborhood-based clinic serving individuals with low incomes, partnered with researchers at Marquette University to implement and evaluate an evidence-supported health literacy program. The partnership delivered the curriculum in seven one-hour sessions over seven weeks. The program attendees were predominantly African American men and women from 19–73 years old. Most participants had formal education ranging from elementary school to some college. Forty individuals attended at least one class and 14 attendees completed 4 or more classes. Program completers demonstrated gains in confidence and topic knowledge. Most interviewees reported a personal/family need for the program, acceptability of the group format, and the ability to learn the skills they needed for self-care. The project used a successful collaboration between community-based organizations serving vulnerable populations and an urban academic institution to demonstrate the necessity, feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of formal health literacy education in adults with low incomes or who are experiencing homelessness. Urban and metropolitan serving institutions can work in partnership with community to address low health literacy in high need populations.

scholarly journals Myten om eldrebølgen

2018 ◽  
pp. 75-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
The Public ◽  
Demographic Challenges ◽  
The World ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Over Time

Title: The myth of the “Elder Boom”. Summary: The ageing population represents today one of the most central demographic challenges in many countries of the world, including Norway. In the public debate about the ageing population, the metaphor “Elder Boom” is increasingly being used. This article gives insight into the discussion in Norway and shows that the metaphor “Elder Boom” does not represent a constructive contribution to the ageing-population debate. The article provides arguments against two implications of the “Boom” metaphor: that ageing people are unwanted in society, and that older people represent a huge and increasing amount of welfare dependency. It shows how society over time has strived to control diseases (such as tuberculosis) in order to increase life expectancy. Society does, in fact, see old age as one of its major achievements, not as a problem as implied in the “Elder Boom” metaphor. The article also demonstrates how social policies implemented in the elderly-care sector in Norway have increasingly reduced services to elderly people while increasing allocation to younger people still of working age. By pointing out these changes in old age and elderly care over time, the article is a contribution to put an end to the myth of an “Elder Boom”. Overall, it contributes to the understanding of how this myth, bolstered by the Western world’s ideal of (welfare) independence, both stigmatizes and misconstrues elderly people’s dependency on the welfare state, which is in fact decreasing for various reasons.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Comprehensive Health Education Programming to Decrease Cardiovascular Health Disparities: The Case of HeartSmarts

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Naa-Solo Tettey
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
New York ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Cardiovascular Health ◽  
Low Health Literacy ◽  
Comprehensive Health ◽  
Health Related

INTRODUCTION: Chronic illnesses, such as heart disease, affect African Americans at disproportionately higher rates due in part to low health literacy and a lack of comprehensive health education programs. PURPOSE: The purpose of this research is to demonstrate the effectiveness of HeartSmarts, a culturally tailored, comprehensive cardiovascular health education program, in improving cardiovascular health literacy. METHODS: Peer health educators were trained to deliver an extensive curriculum focused on cardiovascular disease and its risk factors. Upon completion, they delivered this curriculum in their churches and communities. Pre- and post-assessments were administered for blood pressure, weight, waist circumference, and knowledge of cardiovascular disease. RESULTS: Fourteen predominantly African American churches in New York City participated, and 199 participants completed the program. Participants experienced decreases in blood pressure and weight, improved their health-related behaviors, and significantly increased their knowledge of cardiovascular health. CONCLUSION: The HeartSmarts program demonstrates the effectiveness of using a comprehensive health education approach to help combat these issues. Programs that use strategies similar to HeartSmarts should be implemented for other health conditions to decrease health disparities.

scholarly journals Quality of Life of Patients with early Onset Dementia in Nigeria

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 28-42
Author(s):  
Elias Olukorede Wahab ◽  
Chioma Joan Ikebudu
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Early Onset ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Early Onset Dementia ◽  
The Public ◽  
Interview Research ◽  
Dementia Prevention ◽  
Key Informant Interview

Dementia is a major cause of disability and mortality among the elderly, it becomes early onset of dementia, when it occurs before the age of 60 years. It is the loss of cognitive abilities, particularly the loss of memory; it appears to be one of the most dreaded conditions of old age. Around 5% of the population aged 65 and above is affected by dementia, and its prevalence rises with the rate nearly doubling every 5 years. The study used the key informant interview research tool to achieve its aim and objectives, thereby collecting data to answer its research questions. Purposive sampling was used, while ethnographic summary was used to analyse the data. The results of the study showed that the quality of patients with early onset of dementia is generally poor, in that the illness brings about the crippling of finance, loss of memory and independence, loss of position in the society. The study recommends detecting factors that can prevent or postpone the disease, and educating the public on early onset of dementia (OED). Interventions that could delay early onset of dementia would have a major positive public health impact and the prospect of dementia prevention may also reduce some of the common fears and anxieties of becoming older.

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