Shivani G Patel, Peter Koenig, Patrick Myers, Shawn Sen
Development of a neonatal cardiac curriculum for neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship training
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association
health literacy influences patients health outcomes ability read interpret apply health information associated healthrelated decisionmaking decisionmaking skills need made patients diagnosed chronic conditions also sesothospeaking patients receiving treatment public primary health care environments study aimed assess health literacy sesothospeaking patients diagnosed chronic conditions establish associations sociodemographic data patients items health literacy test study conducted public healthcare phc facilities free state province south africa quantitative descriptive crosssectional design involved conveniently sampled patients chronic conditions n 264 treated phc facilities n 12 setsoto subdistrict completed sesotho health literacy test structured interview descriptive statistics calculated per group compared means chisquare fishers exact test kruskalwallis test test results indicate high literacy levels 356 n 94 moderate health literacy levels 436 n 115 low health literacy levels 208 n 55 participants association p 014 found health literacy level gender chronic conditions health literacy level participants inability read due poor eyesight p 021 positive associations p 001 established health literacy level age health literacy level education participants south african school grade level 912 p 001 higher health literacy levels healthcare providers caring sesothospeaking patients need sensitive patients health literacy levels may play role health outcomescontribution value findings reported lies possibility rapidly appraising health literacy levels large indigenous population south africa diagnosed chronic conditions