It is important for patients to understand the information they need for making health decisions, yet studies have shown that a large segment of the population lacks the health literacy to do so. Health literacy refers to ...
Feb 3, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has diminished people's ability to make in-person, human connections, and such relationships are especially important in health care. However, healthcare organizations can improve connections with their ...
Jan 26, 2021
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New research examines the dynamics between men's health literacy, their discussions with their doctors, and their decisions on whether to get tested for prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a potential marker of prostate cancer. ...
Nov 9, 2020
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Recent polls indicate that more than a third of the country has concerns about a vaccine that in all likelihood will be the only reliable way to end to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Oct 30, 2020
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Understanding sounds in language is a critical building block for child literacy, yet this skill is often overlooked. Researchers from Michigan State University have developed a new software tool to assess children's phonological ...
Oct 14, 2020
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Australians belonging to the vaccine refusal movement consider themselves a science advocacy group, according to a study published today.
Oct 2, 2020
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Surgical patients are more likely to experience a postoperative infection if they have low health literacy, which is a limited capacity to understand and act on health information, according to results of a new study presented ...
Aug 24, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Poor health literacy is associated with worse heart failure outcomes, according to a review published in the June issue of JACC: Heart Failure.
Jul 29, 2020
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In the current pandemic many parents of young children are finding themselves spending more time in the role of caregiver than usual. Keeping young children physically active and miminizing screen time while parents manage ...
Jul 10, 2020
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Patients with heart failure who experience low health literacy are at an increased risk of hospitalization and mortality. This finding has significant clinical and public health implications and suggests that assessing and ...
May 25, 2020
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