Health literacy

Women’s views about current and future management of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS): A mixed-methods study – Brooke Nickel, Kirsten McCaffery, Jesse Jansen, et al.

2023-10-23T15:05:42+11:00Breast cancer, Clinical trials, Health literacy, Publications|

We found that public awareness of DCIS remains very low, but women developed reasonable understanding of DCIS following a short informational presentation. There was substantial support for offering the option of de-escalated treatment for low-risk DCIS, especially among older women. If clinical trials are to [...]

Integrating consumer perspectives into a large-scale health literacy audit of health information materials: learnings and next steps – Julie Ayre et al

2023-06-27T17:09:12+10:00Health literacy, Public comprehension, Publications, Risk, Shared decision making|

Health information is less effective when it does not meet the health literacy needs of its consumers. For health organisations, assessing the appropriateness of their existing health information resources is a key step to addressing this issue. This study describes novel methods for a consumer-centred [...]

“I haven’t had that information, even though I think I’m really well-informed about most things”: a qualitative focus group study on Australian women’s understanding and views of potentially modifiable risk factors for breast cancer – Brooke Nickel et al

2023-06-27T17:09:41+10:00Breast cancer, Cancer, Health literacy, Publications, Risk, Screening|

Building health literacy about potentially modifiable risk factors for breast cancer may help to empower women to make more informed decisions about their breast health; however there has been limited qualitative research on this topic. This study aimed to explore current knowledge, understanding and experience [...]

What makes an action plan “100% me”? Think aloud interviews about CVD prevention tools for varying health literacy needs – Carys Batcup, Carissa Bonner & Julie Ayre

2023-04-14T13:54:53+10:00Cardiovascular disease, Decision aids, Health literacy, Publications|

Health behaviour change can be difficult to maintain. Action plans can address this issue, however, there has been little qualitative research to understand how to optimise action plan interventions. This study explored how people engage with a specific type of action plan intervention, the “volitional [...]

Multiple Automated Health Literacy Assessments of Written Health Information: Development of the SHeLL (Sydney Health Literacy Lab) Health Literacy Editor v1 Multiple Automated Health Literacy Assessments of Written Health Information: Development of the SHeLL (Sydney Health Literacy Lab) Health Literacy Editor v1 – Julie Ayre et al.

2023-03-01T13:53:11+11:00Health literacy, Health policy, Public comprehension, Publications, Research, Treatment|

This paper outlines the development of the SHeLL (Sydney Health Literacy Lab) Health Literacy Editor, an automated tool to facilitate the implementation of health literacy guidelines for the production of easy-to-read written health information. Target users were any person or organization that develops consumer-facing education [...]

Anticholinergic burden measures, symptoms, and fall-associated risk in older adults with polypharmacy: Development and validation of a prognostic model – Truc Sophia Dinh et. al

2023-01-27T11:39:32+11:00Ageing, Health literacy, Polypharmacy, Prescribing, Publications, Risk|

Anticholinergic burden has been associated with adverse outcomes such as falls. To date, no gold standard measure has been identified to assess anticholinergic burden, and no conclusion has been drawn on which of the different measure algorithms best predicts falls in older patients from general [...]

How do people use and view infographics that summarise health and medical research? A cross-sectional survey – Joshua R. Zadro et. al

2023-01-11T14:25:16+11:00Health literacy, Public comprehension, Publications, Research|

Understanding how people use infographics and their opinion on them has important implications for the design of infographics but has not been investigated. The aim of this study was to describe people’s use of and opinions about infographics summarising health and medical research, preferences for [...]

Biological age calculators to motivate lifestyle change: Environmental scan of online tools and evaluation of behaviour change techniques – Carissa Bonner et. al

2023-01-11T13:41:09+11:00Health literacy, Public comprehension, Publications, Risk|

This study found a large number of biological age calculators available online, which varied widely in terms of their risk factors, underlying algorithms and results. How would the average consumer make sense of these tools? For most calculators, it is very unclear whether the underlying [...]

Embedding health literacy research and best practice within a socioeconomically and culturally diverse health service: A narrative case study and revised model of co-creation – Danielle M. Muscat et. al

2023-01-11T12:23:40+11:00Health literacy, Health system, Public comprehension, Publications|

Improving health literacy is an international policy priority, grounded in evidence that links lower health literacy with poorer health outcomes. Most health literacy policies recognize that the responsiveness of the health system needs to be improved and many identify the need for greater implementation of evidence-based [...]

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