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Intervening At The Intersection Of Medication Adherence And Health Literacy, Jackie H. Jones, Linda A. Treiber, Matthew C. Jones
Intervening At The Intersection Of Medication Adherence And Health Literacy, Jackie H. Jones, Linda A. Treiber, Matthew C. Jones
Linda A. Treiber
Medications play a prominent role in the treatment of many illnesses. Failing to adhere to prescribed medication regimens contributes to an array of poor health outcomes. In addition to the cost in terms of human suffering, the financial cost of medication non-adherence is staggering. Poor health literacy has been identified as a major cause of medication non-adherence. This paper focuses on non-adherence related to health literacy in the older adult population in the United States. Eight simple interventions to aid healthcare personnel in working with this population to improve adherence are provided.
Assessing The Impact Of Health Literacy On Education Retention Of Stroke Patients, Kalina Sanders, Loretta Schnepel, Carmen Smotherman, William Livingood, Sunita Dodani, Nader Antonios, Katryne Lukens-Bull, Joyce Balls-Berry, Yvonne Johnson, Terri Miller, Wayne Hodges, Diane Falk, David L. Wood, Scott Silliman
Assessing The Impact Of Health Literacy On Education Retention Of Stroke Patients, Kalina Sanders, Loretta Schnepel, Carmen Smotherman, William Livingood, Sunita Dodani, Nader Antonios, Katryne Lukens-Bull, Joyce Balls-Berry, Yvonne Johnson, Terri Miller, Wayne Hodges, Diane Falk, David L. Wood, Scott Silliman
David L. Wood
Introduction
Inadequate health literacy is a pervasive problem with major implications for reduced health status and health disparities. Despite the role of focused education in both primary and secondary prevention of stroke, the effect of health literacy on stroke education retention has not been reported. We examined the relationship of health literacy to the retention of knowledge after recommended stroke education.
Methods
This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted at an urban safety-net hospital. Study subjects were patients older than 18 admitted to the hospital stroke unit with a diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke who were able to provide informed consent …