Health Literacy: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice

Health Literacy: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice

Information Resources Management Association

Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 517

ISBN13: 9781522519287|ISBN10: 1522519289|EISBN13: 9781522519294

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1928-7

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The development of better processes to relay medical information has enhanced the healthcare field. By implementing effective collaborative strategies, this ensures proper quality and instruction for both the patient and medical practitioners.

Health Literacy: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice examines the latest advances in providing and helping patients and medical professionals to understand basic health information and the services that are most appropriate. Including innovative studies on interactive health information, health communication, and health education, this multi-volume book is an ideal source for professionals, researchers, academics, practitioners, and students interested in the improvement of health literacy.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

Chapters

Health Technology

Chapter 1

Health, Digitalization, and Individual Empowerment (pages 1-23)

Alena Lagumdzija, Velmarie King Swing

Internet, eHealth and digitalization have opened information access for patients and medical health users. Digitalization provides an opportunity for telemedicine, storage of Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) and net communication...

Chapter 2

Using the Communication AssessmenT Checklist in Health to Assess the Communication Quality of Web Based Resources for Prostate Cancer (pages 24-45)

Juliana Genova, Curtis A. Olson, Jackie Bender

Introduction: The communication quality of web resources for patients is unknown. The purpose of this study was to assess prostate cancer websites using the Communication AssessmenT Checklist in Health (CATCH). Methods: CATCH is a...

Chapter 3

E-Health: Modern Communication Technology Platforms for Accessing Health Information (pages 46-67)

Wayne Usher

This chapter will identify how Australian university students access and use various forms of technology (Web 1.0 – Internet, Web 2.0 – social media - SM) to retrieve personal health information. This chapter will move beyond Web...

Chapter 4

Using Wikipedia to Teach Written Health Communication (pages 68-79)

Melissa Vosen Callens

Unlike first-year writing courses, upper-division writing courses often require students to engage in discipline specific writing. In the author's upper-division course, Writing in the Health Professions, students examine health...

Chapter 5

Gamification to Improve Adherence to Clinical Treatment Advice: Improving Adherence to Clinical Treatment (pages 80-111)

Deborah Richards, Patrina H.Y. Caldwell

This chapter looks at how gamification of existing technology can be used to incorporate the factors that have been found to improve patient adherence. Lack of adherence to medical advice is a major problem because it reduces the...

Chapter 6

Content Elements for Web-Based Health Promotion (pages 112-133)

Marwan Noman, Ah Choo Koo, Sim Hui Tee

This paper provides an analysis of the basic elements required for health promotion based on digital content. It covers the feedback from the respondents involved in a pilot study type; content interventions were examined among the...

Chapter 7

A Computational Perspective of Knowledge Empowerment for Healthcare Decision Making: Computational Perspective of Knowledge Empowerment (pages 134-155)

Timothy Jay Carney

People in a variety of settings can be heard uttering the phrase that “knowledge is power” or the relatively equivalent concept that “information is power.” However, the research literature in particular lacks a simple and...

Chapter 8

Personal Health in My Pocket: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Research Directions in Mobile Personal Health Records (pages 156-178)

Helen Monkman, Andre W. Kushniruk, Elizabeth M. Borycki

Consumers' access to their health records is increasing, and one of the ways they can gain access and potentially contribute to their records is by using a mobile Personal Health Record (mPHR). mPHRs emerged as a combination of...

Chapter 9

Electronic Patient Records (EPR), Library Services (LS) and Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Meetings: Is It Not Time to Integrate Primary Care for the Better? (pages 179-197)

Shahid Muhammad, Malcolm Rigler, Meshia Adams

Patients with Long-Term Conditions (LTCs) account for around 50% of General Practitioner (GP) appointments, 64% of outpatient appointments and 70% of hospital bed days. There needs to be a wider access to knowledge and understanding...

Chapter 10

Creating a Supportive Environment for Self-Management in Healthcare via Patient Electronic Tools (pages 198-214)

Sharazade Balouchi, Karim Keshavjee, Ahmad Zbib, Karim Vassanji, Jastinder Toor

Consumer electronic healthcare applications and tools, both Web-based and mobile apps, are increasingly available and used by citizens around the world. “eTools” denote the full range of electronic applications that consumers may use...

Chapter 11

Informatics and Health Services: The Potential Benefits and Challenges of Electronic Health Records and Personal Electronic Health Records in Patient Care, Cost Control, and Health Research – An Overview (pages 215-241)

Nelson Ravka

Personal electronic health records are seen as a key component to improved health care for patients, empowering motivated patients by giving them access to their own records resulting in increased self-care, shared decision making...

Medical Practice and Treatment

Chapter 12

The Perspectives of Medical Errors in the Health Care Industry (pages 243-265)

Kijpokin Kasemsap

This chapter presents the overview of medical errors; drug prescription errors and prescribing; the overview of medical error disclosure; medical errors and telemedicine; medical errors and medical education; the overview of nursing...

Chapter 13

Waiting for Health Care Services (pages 266-286)

Stefan Janzek-Hawlat, Hilda Tellioğlu

Waiting for health care services have impact on people from several perspectives. First of all, seen from patients' point of view, due to psychologically and physically burden short waiting times are an indication of quality....

Chapter 14

The Past, the Present, and the Future: Examining the Role of the “Social” in Transforming Personal Healthcare Management of Chronic Disease (pages 287-304)

Elizabeth Cummings, Leonie Ellis, Paul Turner

This chapter examines how the rapid diffusion of social media and Mobile Web is impacting personal healthcare management amongst those living with chronic disease. Despite a recent increase in research in this area (Moorhead, et al....

Patient Care

Chapter 15

Best Practices to Promote Patient and Donor Engagement to Care in Living Donor Transplant (pages 306-327)

Emanuela Saita, Susanna Zanini, Enrico Minetti, Chiara Acquati

Increasing evidence has demonstrated that patients' involvement promotes better health care outcomes and cost-effectiveness of services. However, limited literature is available about the experience of living donor kidney...

Chapter 16

A Need for Greater Collaboration: Initiatives to Improve Transitions of Care (pages 328-350)

Mariette Sourial, Jo Ann M. Bamdas, Angelica Constanzo, Marina E. Ishak

Patient safety concerns have risen to such levels that multiple organizations and initiatives have been created to reduce hospital readmissions and medication errors in the United States healthcare system. Interprofessional education...

Chapter 17

Meeting Patients Where They Are: Using Multimedia and Interactive Voice Technology to Humanize Communication and Engage Patients (pages 351-368)

Geri Lynn Baumblatt

In this chapter the author describes the challenges of engaging and communicating with patients and how technology can improve communication, elicit honest patient disclosure, and create more productive conversation and help patients...

Chapter 18

Active and Healthy Aging: Satisfaction with Health Services by Elderly Patients in Turkey (pages 369-391)

Emine Özmete

This study aims to investigate the difficulties experienced by elderly persons in accessing healthcare services and their satisfaction with issues as regards the healthcare system. In this study, qualitative research was carried out...

Chapter 19

The Value of Measuring Patient Engagement in Healthcare: New Frontiers for Healthcare Quality (pages 392-414)

Guendalina Graffigna, Serena Barello

The concept of patient engagement offers a unique opportunity to inform our understanding of patients' ability to be active in managing their care. However, unless promoting the active role of patients is today identified as a...

Chapter 20

The Patient-Centered Medicine as the Theoretical Framework for Patient Engagement (pages 415-429)

Borghi Lidia, Galli Federica, Vegni Elena Anna Maria

The present contribution will describe the origin, development and main characteristics of the patient-centered medicine; the literature on patient-centeredness, in particular in the field of chronic disorders, will be discussed and...

Chapter 21

LiveWell – Promoting Healthy Living and Wellbeing for Parkinson Patients through Social Network and ICT Training: Lessons Learnt and Best Practices (pages 430-445)

Maged N. Kamel Boulos, Emmanuel Ifeachor, Javier Escudero, Peng Zhao, Camille Carroll, Pedro Costa, Gerhard Doppler, Laura Carrasco Marín, Luiza Spiru, Kristin Helga Guðmundsdótti, Marija Kosem

About 1.2 million people in Europe have Parkinson's disease (PD). PD patients often suffer from social exclusion and depression due to progressive lack of control over the disease. Eventually, most require constant care, leading...

Patient Education

Chapter 22

Knowledge in Action: Fostering Health Education through Technology (pages 447-472)

Theresa J. Barrett

This chapter will explore the possibilities and the challenges presented by technology in the area of patient education. Beginning with an overview of the use of the medical record in patient care, the chapter will move on to discuss...

Chapter 23

Literacy and Decision Making on Health Issues among Married Women in Southwest Nigeria (pages 473-494)

Adejoke Clara Babalola

It has been observed that women lag behind in participating in decision making in Nigeria as the number of women in key positions is nothing to write home about. The study is set to determine the level of women participation in...

Chapter 24

The Power of Collaborative Inquiry and Metaphor in Meeting the Health Literacy Needs of Rural Immigrant Women: A Case of Parent Education (pages 495-513)

Al Lauzon, Rachel Farabakhsh

Rural communities often face the need to reach out to immigrant groups to help sustain their populations. However, rural communities often lack the necessary support and resources required to meet the needs of immigrant communities....

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