Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Family Practice Nursing Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

PDF

University of Kentucky

2017

Primary Care

Articles 1 - 1 of 1

Full-Text Articles in Family Practice Nursing

Assessing Provider And Staff Knowledge Of Health Literacy And Satisfaction With A Health Literacy Assessment Tool In A Primary Care Practice, Whitney J. Lynn Jan 2017

Assessing Provider And Staff Knowledge Of Health Literacy And Satisfaction With A Health Literacy Assessment Tool In A Primary Care Practice, Whitney J. Lynn

DNP Projects

PURPOSE: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to assess provider and staff knowledge about health literacy. Specifically, the knowledge of health literacy and perceived importance, current usage, and benefits of the use of a health literacy assessment tool at a primary care clinic was evaluated pre-intervention. The perceived importance of health literacy as well as satisfaction with, frequency of use, and recommendation of the chosen health literacy assessment tool for future use was evaluated post-intervention.

METHODS: This project used surveys pre- and post-intervention at an urban primary care clinic in the southeastern United States from January to March …