Along with keeping these strategies in mind, it is also important to remember that different formats – digital, print, audio, ...

"Improving EHRs Patient Education Materials." The AHRQ Task Order Officer for this project was Cindy Brach, M.P.P. The content of this document does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of ...

There are seven steps to using the PEMAT to assess a patient education material. The instructions below assume that you will score the PEMAT using paper and pen. If you use the PEMAT Auto-Scoring Form ...

Patient education materials are an essential part of patient advocacy, as they can help patients and their families understand their diagnosis, treatment options, and self-care strategies.

Patient education and health literacy are essential for improving health outcomes, reducing health disparities, and empowering patients to make informed decisions about their care. However, many ...

Assessment methods for LHL and appropriately written education materials or resources for patients were also crucial to health literacy practice. None of these studies or discussion articles were ...

Nurses and nurse midwives have historically considered patient education ... strong evidence that health education materials are rarely written at appropriate literacy levels, yet they continue ...

Encourages the development of literacy appropriate, culturally diverse health-related patient education materials for distribution in outpatient and inpatient settings. Dr. Fitzpatrick founded her ...

Background: Health literacy ... of patients with their peers allows them to share experiences, have emotional support, receive practical information, increase self-care awareness, and adherence to ...

Improving health literacy through enhanced patient education and improved communication skills training for clinicians is necessary to promote patient participation in shared decision making.

People with poor health literacy ... or marginal literacy skills, and 81 percent of patients age 60 and older at a public hospital could not read or understand basic materials such as prescription ...

Results The prevalence of limited health literacy was 65.3% (n=279). In bivariate analysis, patients’ ethnicity (p=0.04), highest education level (p<0.001), monthly income (p=0.003), having health ...