Improving health literacy among elderly : The impact of low health literacy on health and well-being of older individuals
Ahmed, Khadro (2015)
Ahmed, Khadro
Yrkeshögskolan Arcada
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015110415961
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015110415961
Tiivistelmä
Health Literacy is defined as the ability to understand, obtain and appraise health information in order to make appropriate decisions that can promote health. Low health literacy means lacking the ability to understand, obtain and appraise health information successfully and making decisions become difficult.
The aim of the study was to address how low health literacy can have negative impact on health of older individual and also to suggest ways to deliver and create more accessible and appropriate information related to health promotion by trying to answer the following questions. 1. What is health literacy? 2. What are the effects of Health literacy for the elderly? 3. What is the nurse's role in improving health literacy?
This study was Literature review using qualitative content analyses.
Results suggest that Low levels of health literacy affects the ability to manage one's own health effectively as result this may have negative impact on health outcome and the ability to self-manage chronic diseases. Low health literacy can be improved through effective communication, chronic disease management programs and training health care professionals about health literacy.
Conclusion: Health literacy can be improved by supporting disadvantaged groups such as elderly in this context, making easily accessible health information and providing more information for people who are at risk to be low literate. This study was commissioned by the city of Lovisa.
The aim of the study was to address how low health literacy can have negative impact on health of older individual and also to suggest ways to deliver and create more accessible and appropriate information related to health promotion by trying to answer the following questions. 1. What is health literacy? 2. What are the effects of Health literacy for the elderly? 3. What is the nurse's role in improving health literacy?
This study was Literature review using qualitative content analyses.
Results suggest that Low levels of health literacy affects the ability to manage one's own health effectively as result this may have negative impact on health outcome and the ability to self-manage chronic diseases. Low health literacy can be improved through effective communication, chronic disease management programs and training health care professionals about health literacy.
Conclusion: Health literacy can be improved by supporting disadvantaged groups such as elderly in this context, making easily accessible health information and providing more information for people who are at risk to be low literate. This study was commissioned by the city of Lovisa.