Kevin H Knuth
Intelligent machines in the twenty-first century: foundations of inference and inquiry
Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
people limited health literacy comprise highrisk group adverse health outcomes nurses must made aware importance health literacy communicate patients plain language solve obstacles patients using health care services providing health literacy education nurses important strategy health literacy practices study aimed develop refined health literacy course nursing students evaluate effectiveness study used singlegroup pre posttest quasiexperimental design conducted focus group interviews intervention eighthour course applied teambased learning combined various teaching methods study enrolled secondyear nursing students university eastern taiwan via convenient sampling selfreported structured questionnaire used compare participants familiarity health literacy attitude confidence oral communication ability written communication course discuss learning experience course study held two focus groups 12 participants total 81 participants completed pre posttest questionnaires results showed familiarity health literacy t912 t001 attitude t489 t001 confidence oral communication t412 t001 ability written communication t883 t001 showed improvement course data analysis focus group interviews yielded two categories seven themes learning experience showed participants positive learning experiences health literacy course course effectively enhanced nursing students knowledge attitude toward health literacy ability communicate patients using health literacy principles results provide reference integrating health literacy education undergraduate nursing curriculum