Janet Papadakos|Salwa M. Hasan|Jan Barnsley|Whitney Berta|Rouhi Fazelzad|Christine J. Papadakos|Meredith Giuliani|Doris Howell
Health literacy and cancer self?management behaviors: A scoping review
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre|Cancer Care Ontario|University of Toronto|University of Toronto|University of Toronto|Princess Margaret Cancer Centre|Princess Margaret Cancer Centre|Cancer Care Ontario|Princess Margaret Cancer Centre|University of Toronto|Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
increasing demands health care systems require patients take active roles health effective selfmanagement linked improved health outcomes evidence shows effective selfmanagement linked health literacy hl hl important predictor successful selfmanagement chronic diseases minimal testing cancera scoping review conducted examine summarize known association hl selfmanagement behaviors health service utilization cancer setting methodological framework articulated arksey omalley used refined joanna briggs institute methodology inclusion criteria included following peer review publication english adult patients caregivers races ethnicities cultural groups use validated instrument measure hl requiredthe search yielded 2414 articles removal duplicates performance title scans abstract reviews number reduced 44 44 fulltext articles reviewed 17 met inclusion criteria number important selfmanagement behaviors related outcomes found associated hl included uptake cancer screening receipt prescribed chemotherapy greater risk postoperative complicationsthis literature review shows hl associated important selfmanagement behaviors cancer implications associations individuals inadequate hl health care system significant research needed explore associations