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Low Health Literacy And Hpv Vaccine Uptake Of African American And Hispanic American Women, Peter Ntiamoah
Low Health Literacy And Hpv Vaccine Uptake Of African American And Hispanic American Women, Peter Ntiamoah
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Cervical cancer incidence in the United States has declined for the past 40 years, yet the odds of developing cervical cancer is much higher among marginalized women, particularly African American and Hispanic American women. Although preventable through vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) prior to infection, uptake and completion rates of the vaccine among African American and Hispanic American women are low. The purpose of the study was to determine if a significant relationship existed between the health literacy levels of African American and Hispanic American women, ages 18-26, and the low HPV vaccination uptake. The integrated behavioral model, which …
Improving Chronic Constipation Health Literacy Proficiency: Animation Versus Traditional Written Pamphlets, Jason Baker
Improving Chronic Constipation Health Literacy Proficiency: Animation Versus Traditional Written Pamphlets, Jason Baker
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The U.S. health care system is evolving from medical centric to patient centered, augmenting the importance for patients to comprehend and process medical information. The Department of Education indicated that 77 million Americans have a basic or below basic health literacy proficiency and 12% register as health literacy proficient. Animation is a time-tested device for improving health by enhancing comprehension. Chronic constipation (CC) complexity entails physiological, anatomical, and environmental mechanisms. Using the cognitive theory of multimedia learning and dual-channel auditory and visual processing, the primary research question addressed whether an animated educational video improved health literacy for CC more than …
Health Literacy As A Measure To Reduce Cost, Improve Health And Access, Vivian Dee
Health Literacy As A Measure To Reduce Cost, Improve Health And Access, Vivian Dee
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The United States dedicates greater than 17% of its gross national product to healthcare. This percentage is expected to go up to 20% by 2018. Despite the high cost of care, the health care system remains inefficient and ineffective. Barriers include reduced access to care related to low health literacy. Complicating low health literacy is the high readability score of patient education materials. The high readability score is in part due to tools that are not standardized and measure different aspects of education materials creating varying readability scores. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to adopt a tool, …
Increasing Medication Adherence In Hypertensive Patients With Million Hearts® Health Literacy Program, Tammy Ross
Increasing Medication Adherence In Hypertensive Patients With Million Hearts® Health Literacy Program, Tammy Ross
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Healthy People 2020 identified hypertension (HTN) as a controllable risk factor to prevent cardiovascular disease and stroke. Adhering to regular antihypertensive (AHT) medications improves outcomes in patients diagnosed with HTN by controlling blood pressure, reducing hospital visits, and promoting patient wellness. Medication adherence occurs when prescribed medicine regimens are utilized by the patient as directed to manage illness or disease, as evidenced by patients receiving medications at their pharmacy. The practice-focused question for this quality improvement project asked whether implementation of health literacy tools from Million Hearts® HTN Control: Action Steps for Clinicians, increased medication adherence as evidenced by regular …
Health Literacy Best Practices In Policy Development, Stacie Lee Trueheart
Health Literacy Best Practices In Policy Development, Stacie Lee Trueheart
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Low health literacy is a problem the U.S. faces and, like health care itself, is a complex issue stemming from patient demographics and the healthcare providers being very diverse. Tools have been developed to mitigate the risks of low health literacy, however, without formal policy. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore and compare commonalities in health literacy best practices of organizations that are recognized as leaders in health literacy and are addressing low health literacy in their communities. By comparing the organizations' abilities to implement standards of plain language and health literacy tools/guidelines, best practice and …
A Nursing In-Service For Diabetes Education, Heidi Steiner
A Nursing In-Service For Diabetes Education, Heidi Steiner
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Nurses play a central role in preparing patients for discharge. Diabetes affects one-third of all hospitalized patients, with readmission rates 20% higher for patients with diabetes. Low health literacy affects patients' ability to understand education provided during a hospitalization, especially in diabetic patients who are required to perform complex self-care activities. The rehabilitation nurses within the practicum site struggled to provide adequate diabetes education, leading to patients' readmissions and frequent calls to the nursing unit post discharge. The purpose of this project was to educate nurses on an inpatient unit about survival skills and teach-back approaches to improve inpatient diabetes …