Search Results for "Health Literacy In Hypertension"
Original Source: Health Literacy-Focused Program to Improve Blood Pressure Control in Korean Americans
Many Korean Americans are at risk for developing high blood pressure. Low health literacy levels may play a role in this risk. The purpose of this study is to evaluate a literacy-focused program aimed at reducing blood pressure levels in older Korean Americans.
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Public health is the scientific, political and sociological approach by a society to maximise the health of the population through disease preventaion and mainenance of healthy life-styles. The main...
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Health Literacy Is Vital for Patient Health
The Institute of Medicine defines health literacy as: "The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropr...
ParagonRx Webinar to Provide Insight on Health Literacy in Pharmaceutical Risk Management
A complimentary webinar titled, Health Literacy in Pharmaceutical Risk Management, will be presented by ParagonRx and will address the concern for appropriate levels of health...
Health literacy plays vital role in health outcomes
The Institute of Medicine defines health literacy as: "the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropr...
Literacy, A Powerful Predictor To Pre-Teen Pregnancy
Supporting previous research, it has been confirmed that independent of other influences, low literacy rates in pre-teen girls significantly predict child-bearing among teenagers in the US, according...
Health Literacy Linked to Better Asthma Control (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- The greater an asthma patient's baseline health literacy, the better control he has over the disease and the better his quality of life, researchers found.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- City National Bank today announced that it is now accepting applications for grants to support literacy-based projects at public and private elementary,...
Aortic Stiffness and Incident Hypertension—Reply
In Reply: Dr Protogerou and colleagues raise 2 main questions. First, does the relationship between CFPWV and incident hypertension differ for isolated systolic hypertension, isolated diastolic hypert...
Inadequate health literacy among Latinos linked with poor understanding of antibiotic use
In the first study of its kind, researchers at the Columbia University School of Nursing have established that poor health literacy among Latino parents is associated with a poor understanding of the...
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Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand the health information needed to make appropriate health decisions. The health behaviors of Afri...
BackgroundLimited health literacy is prevalent and has been linked to adverse patient outcomes. We examined the relationship between health literacy and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, incl...
Low Health Literacy Associates with Increased Mortality in ESRD.
Limited health literacy is common in the United States and associates with poor clinical outcomes. Little is known about the effect of health literacy in patients with advanced kidney disease. In this...
Integrating health literacy into occupational therapy: Findings from a scoping review.
Abstract This paper aims to report ways of integrating health literacy into occupational therapy practice. Health literacy is defined as the ability to access, understand, evaluate, and communicate in...
Health Literacy in Korean Immigrants at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes.
Rising incidence of type 2 diabetes (DM) in Korean immigrants has highlighted the need for better prevention efforts. Health literacy is an important predictor in the utilization of preventative healt...
