Kimberly A. Kilfoyle|Michelle Vitko|Rachel O’Conor|Stacy Cooper Bailey
Health Literacy and Women's Reproductive Health: A Systematic Review
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|Northwestern University|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
health literacy thought impact womens reproductive health yet comprehensive systematic reviews conducted topic objective systematically identify investigate summarize research relationship health literacy womens reproductive health knowledge behaviors outcomesprisma guidelines used guide review english language peerreviewed research articles indexed medline february 2015 searched along study results posted clinicaltrialsgov articles included 1 described original datadriven research conducted developed countries 2 published peerreviewed journal 3 measured health literacy using validated assessment 4 reported relationship health literacy reproductive health outcomes related knowledge behaviors 5 consisted study population included reproductive age womena total 34 articles met eligibility criteria included review data abstracted articles two study authors using standardized form abstracted data reviewed summarized table format overall health literacy associated reproductive health knowledge across spectrum topics also related certain health behaviors prenatal vitamin use breastfeeding relationship reproductive behaviors outcomes remains unclearhealth literacy plays important role reproductive knowledge may impact behaviors outcomes research necessary healthcare providers utilize health literacy best practices promote highquality care patients