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Health Literacy: Time to Refocus & Expand Dr. Rima E. Rudd Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Origins: Educational Research & Findings Adult literacy skills in industrialized

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Health Literacy: Time to Refocus & Expand

  • Dr. Rima E. Rudd

Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Origins: Educational Research & Findings

Adult literacy skills in industrialized nations 1990s: NALS, IALS 2003: NAAL, ALLS 2012: PIAAC

Words Get in the Way

Significant numbers of adults in most industrialized nations are limited in their ability to participate in economic & civic life

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New Area of Inquiry: Health Literacy Research

Literacy is linked to health outcomes

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AHRQ Reviews 2004 2011 IOM Report 2004

  • Health Promotion
  • Disease Prevention
  • Screening &

Early Detection

  • Chronic Disease

Management

  • Morbidity
  • Mortality
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Time for Action

 Documented: Literacy & numeracy skills of adults  Documented: Literacy skills are linked to social factors  Documented: Literacy skills are linked to health

  • utcomes

Implications: Health Disparities

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Action

Objective for the Nation:

Improve Health Literacy

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Dilemma: How?

Connect the Dots: Use 4 straight connected lines Once you begin: Do not lift pen from paper

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Think Outside the Box

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Poised for Action

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Boxed In

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Narrow Focus on Skills Without Attention to Key Variables

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Calibrate Text Complexity Examine Task Difficulty Measure Contextual Factors Literacy: Reading & Writing Speaking & Listening Calculations & Numeracy Text, Task, Context

Understand Literacy

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Boxed In

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Focus on One Player & One Side of the Coin

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Accessible Information Health Materials & Tools Professionals’ Rigor & Skills Institutional Norms, Policies & Practice Health Literacy: Accessible Information, Care, & Services

Consider Key Variables

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Boxed In

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Limited Research Settings in Clinical Encounter & in Health Care

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Activities at Home With and for Loved Ones Activities at Work & in Community Civic Engagement: Community Health Environmental Health Health Policy Health Literacy: Accessible Information, Engagement, Advocacy, Public Health

Thinking Outside the Box

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Conceptual Errors

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Limited Focus & Measures Misplaced Responsibility Neglected Context

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Health Literacy: An Evolving Concept

the cognitive and social skills which determine the motivation and ability of individuals to gain access to, understand and use information in ways which promote and maintain good health Nutbeam, WHO, 1998 the degree to which individuals have the capacity to

  • btain, process, and understand basic health

information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions USDHHS, 2010 engagement in a wide range of health actions that extend from personal behaviors to social action to address the determinants of health Nutbeam, SSM, 2008

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Don Nutbeam, Social Science and Medicine, 2008

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Change & Action

Current Shifts

From Skills of individuals

Mismatch

from Public’s Capabilities

Professionals’ Skills from Practitioners’ Actions Institutional Culture & Literacy Environment

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New Definitions

Consider a definition that shifts attention to the capacity of professionals and health institutions to provide access to information and support the active engagement of people

Rudd, McCray, Nutbeam. Health Literacy and Definition of Terms, chapter 2 in Health Literacy in Context: International

  • Perspective. Canada: Nova Science. 2012.
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The capacity of professionals & health institutions to provide access to information and support the active engagement of people

[Rudd 2010, Rudd, McCray, Nutbeam 2012]

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Health Literacy

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Needed: New Measures

A definition determines the scope of a concept A definition determines measures

We have: Over 50 measures of patients’ skills/deficits We lack: Measures of tool complexity/ease of use Measures of professionals’ skills Measures of practice attributes Measures of institutional characteristics [complexity & demands]

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Needed Research:

Systemic Change & Health Outcomes

Deconstruct health activities to understand the complexity of health tasks, health texts, and health related tools Examine our health and health care systems & institutions and identify the facilitating factors and barriers that support

  • r inhibit access to

information and active engagement of people

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Study options that Reduce Complexity, Eliminate Barriers, & Increase Access to Information, Care, and Services

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Expand the Scope

Public Health Literacy

  • Accessible Information: Scientific Findings
  • Welcomed Participation: Engagement in

Identifying Community Health Issues & Problem Solving

  • Key Issues for Equity: Occupational Health,

Environmental Health, Disaster Planning & Management

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Create a Balance

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Action

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Hospitals Community Clinics

Health Insurers

Pharmacies

Adult Education Programs Public Health Departments Nurses Physicians Pharmacists Dentists Public Health Workers Program Planners Educators Patient Advocates Researchers Occupational Health Workers Libraries Interpreters Social Workers Mental Health Workers Journalists Bench Scientists Environmental Health Workers