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Being Sharp in Health Literacy

September 25, 2023

In 2008, I was working as a per diem staff nurse in a medical-surgical unit at what was then called New York Downtown Hospital. New Yorkers of a…

The vital role of health literacy

August 21, 2019

Healthcare professionals should know that most, if not all, patients have low health literacy, according to The Joint Commission. The U.S. National Library of Medicine notes that health…

Validation of Electronically Administered Three-Question Health Literacy Screener and STOFHLA in Identifying Limited Health Literacy

September 12, 2023

Introduction LOW HEALTH LITERACY, when not identified, is associated with poor health outcomes such as unsatisfactory medication compliance, poor disease management, and increased healthcare costs. (Chew et al.,…