Health literacy and cardiovascular disease: fundamental relevance to primary and secondary prevention: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

JW Magnani, MS Mujahid, HD Aronow, CW Cené… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Health literacy is the degree to which individuals are able to access and process basic
health information and services and thereby participate in health-related decisions. Limited …

Health literacy: applying current concepts to improve health services and reduce health inequalities

RW Batterham, M Hawkins, PA Collins, R Buchbinder… - Public health, 2016 - Elsevier
The concept of 'health literacy'refers to the personal and relational factors that affect a
person's ability to acquire, understand and use information about health and health services …

[HTML][HTML] Knowledge and behaviors toward COVID-19 among US residents during the early days of the pandemic: cross-sectional online questionnaire

JM Clements - JMIR public health and surveillance, 2020 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background: The early days of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the United
States brought uncertainty in the knowledge about COVID-19 and what to do about it. It is …

The Relationship between Health Literacy and Health Disparities: A Systematic Review

S Mantwill, S Monestel-Umaña, PJ Schulz - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Health literacy is commonly associated with many of the antecedents of health
disparities. Yet the precise nature of the relationship between health literacy and disparities …

Health literacy and heart failure: a systematic review

MI Cajita, TR Cajita, HR Han - Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Background: Low health literacy affects millions of Americans, putting those who are affected
at a disadvantage and at risk for poorer health outcomes. Low health literacy can act as a …

Enrollment of non-white participants and reporting of race and ethnicity in phase III trials of multiple sclerosis DMTs: a systematic review

HM Onuorah, O Charron, E Meltzer, A Montague… - Neurology, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Black and Hispanic people with multiple sclerosis (MS)(pMS)
have been found to have different disease courses or worse outcomes associated with MS …

Inequities in hypertension control in the United States exposed and exacerbated by COVID‐19 and the role of home blood pressure and virtual health care during and …

AP Bress, JB Cohen, DE Anstey, MB Conroy… - 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
The COVID‐19 pandemic is a public health crisis, having killed more than 514 000 US
adults as of March 2, 2021. COVID‐19 mitigation strategies have unintended consequences …

[HTML][HTML] Racial and geographic disparities in internet use in the US among patients with hypertension or diabetes: implications for telehealth in the era of COVID-19

V Jain, M Al Rifai, MT Lee, A Kalra, LA Petersen… - Diabetes …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created challenges for the
provision of care for patients with diabetes. Increased physical distancing may worsen the …

Health literacy, socioeconomic status and self-rated health in Japan

Y Furuya, N Kondo, Z Yamagata… - Health promotion …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Health literacy (HL) is a key determinant of health in a contemporary society characterized
by abundant information. Previous studies have suggested that basic or functional HL is …

Targeted intervention improves knowledge but not self-care or readmissions in heart failure patients with mild cognitive impairment

KK Davis, M Mintzer, CRD Himmelfarb… - European journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is prevalent in heart failure, and can contribute to poor
self-care and higher hospital readmissions. Strategies to improve self-care in patients with …