Bridging the gap in health literacy research: The inclusion of individuals with visual impairments.
Patient Educ Couns
; 116: 107932, 2023 11.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37566948
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Patient education and health literacy aim to enhance understanding of health and self-care for optimal health outcomes. However, the attention towards populations with visual impairments requiring specialized accommodations for improved health literacy and healthcare access appears to be insufficientMETHODS:
In an effort to bridge this gap, we conducted a scoping review focusing on health literacy studies undertaken specifically for individuals with visual impairments.RESULTS:
We encapsulate the main findings and constraints of preceding studies and deliberate on the influence of health literacy research for individuals with visual impairments on healthcare inequalities and health disparities.CONCLUSIONS:
A health-literate approach, combined with an accessible healthcare environment, can serve as a catalyst to motivate individuals with visual impairments to actively engage in their self-care practices. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS It is of utmost urgency to develop and validate a health literacy assessment tool for visually impaired individuals, and to utilize it for providing healthcare interventions as well as health education.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Health Literacy
Aspects:
Equity_inequality
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Patient Educ Couns
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article