Leigh Anne Dageforde|Kerri L. Cavanaugh
Health Literacy: Emerging Evidence and Applications in Kidney Disease Care
Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Vanderbilt University Medical Center
health literacy represents communication among patients social networks providers health systems promote patients understanding engagement care particularly relevant kidney disease complexity medical condition extent healthcare team require strategies overcome healthliteracyrelated barriers limited literacy common patients stages kidney disease associated important outcomes including reduced knowledge less adherence hospitalization death growing understanding characterization health system organizational health literacy may understanding dynamic relationship although various valid methods exist assessment health literacy within individuals systematically within care settings routinely performed may part due limited research kidneyspecific strategies address limited health literacy future research understand mechanisms health literacy permit targeted efficient interventions bridge gaps improve outcomes even patients complex kidney disease