Sue Crengle|Joanne Luke|Michelle Lambert|Janet Smylie|Susan Reid|Jennie Harré-Hindmarsh|Margaret Kelaher
Effect of a health literacy intervention trial on knowledge about cardiovascular disease medications among Indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada and New Zealand
University of Otago|University of Melbourne|University of Otago|Health Solutions (Sweden)|St Michael's Hospital|University of Melbourne
assess effect customised structured cardiovascular disease cvd medication health literacy programme medication knowledge among indigenous people high risk cvdintervention trial premeasures postmeasures multiple time pointsindigenous primary care services australia canada new zealand171 indigenous people aged 20 years age least one clinical diagnosis cvd event canada australia 5year cvd risk 15 prescribed least two following cvd medication classes statin aspirin ace inhibitors beta blockersan education session delivered three occasions 1 month registered nurses health educators received training health literacy principles adult education interactive tablet application used session information booklet pill card provided participantsknowledge cvd medications assessed sessionknowledge baseline presession 1 low mean per cent correct answers highest statins 340 correct answers 294 aspirin 260 beta blockers 227 ace inhibitors adjusted analyses showed highly significant p0001 increases knowledge scores preassessments postassessments three time points medication classes four medications absolute increases adjusted per cent correct items presession 1 postsession 3 assessments 601 statins 768 aspirin 714 ace inhibitor 695 beta blockerthe intervention highly effective contextually diverse indigenous primary healthcare services australia canada new zealand findings study important implications health services working populations low health literacy generallyactrn12612001309875