Literacy and Numeracy

Communicating risk for treatment options can present many challenges. Many individuals may have limited health literacy and numeracy skills and therefore, information and data must be presented in a way that is easy to understand. Researchers study the most effective ways to communicate risk so there is little or no confusion.

Our Library

Below you will find samples of our most recent acquisitions in Literacy and Numeracy, grouped by resource type.

Shared Decision-Making® Program Research

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Impact of Health Literacy on Outcomes and Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention in Patients with Chronic Diseases

September 16, 2011
Eckman MH, Wise R, Leonard AC, et al. Impact of health literacy on outcomes and effectiveness of an educational intervention in patients with chronic diseases. Patient Educ Couns. 2011. [Epub ahead of print]. Read the abstract.  Continue reading →
Posted in Literacy and Numeracy, Patient Decision Aids | Tagged chronic disease, health education, health literacy, Shared Decision-Making® programs Permalink

Featured Shared Decision Making Publications

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Patient-focused Interventions: A Review of the Evidence

August 1, 2006
Patient-focused interventions are those that recognise the role of patients as active participants in the process of securing appropriate, effective, safe and responsive healthcare. There is a growing belief among policy-makers that patients/citizens can contribute to quality improvement at both an individual and a collective level.…  Continue reading →
Posted in Literacy and Numeracy, Patient Involvement | Tagged health care, Health Foundation, health literacy, patient engagement, patient participation, patient-centered care, Picker Institute Europe, shared decision making Permalink

Informed Medical Decisions Foundation Funded Research

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Enhancing Comprehension of Graphically Presented Medical Data: Designs to Help People with Low Graph Literacy

September 20, 2012
In order to make informed medical decisions, patients need to understand information about risks, benefits and drawbacks of different treatments. However, research on health literacy and medical decision making has shown that patients in different cultures have severe problems grasping a host of numerical concepts that are prerequisites for understanding health-relevant statistical information. Graphical displays -- including line plots, bar charts or icon arrays -- often facilitate the communication of numerical information, and can help overcome some of these difficulties.…  Continue reading →
Posted in George Bennett Grants, Literacy and Numeracy, Risk Communication | Tagged data displays, graphic comprehension, graphical displays, health care, health literacy, informed decision making, low graph literacy, medical decisions, patients, shared decision making Permalink

Using Cardio-metabolic Risk Information in Health Decisions: Barriers from the Perspective of Low Literate Consumers

May 15, 2011
The aim of the proposed study is to investigate how consumers with low levels of health literacy understand, evaluate and use current risk information in the Dutch national cardio-metabolic health check in order to identify barriers for an effective use from the perspective of these consumers. A further goal of the study is to develop an adapted version of the existing risk communication tool, which will be further tested in a continued study.…  Continue reading →
Posted in Investigator-Initiated Research, Literacy and Numeracy, Risk Communication, Robert Derzon Grants | Tagged cardio-metabolic, communicating risk, health literacy Permalink
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