Kidney health for all: bridging the gap in kidney health education and literacy
The high burden of kidney disease, global disparities in kidney care, and the poor outcomes of kidney failure place a growing burden on affected individuals and their families, caregivers, and the community at large. Health literacy is the degree to which individuals and organizations have, or equit...
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| author | R.G. Langham K. Kalantar-Zadeh A. Bonner A. Balducci L.L. Hsiao L.A. Kumaraswami P. Laffin V. Liakopoulos G. Saadi E. Tantisattamo I. Ulasi S.F. Lui |
| author_facet | R.G. Langham K. Kalantar-Zadeh A. Bonner A. Balducci L.L. Hsiao L.A. Kumaraswami P. Laffin V. Liakopoulos G. Saadi E. Tantisattamo I. Ulasi S.F. Lui |
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| description | The high burden of kidney disease, global disparities in kidney care, and the poor outcomes of kidney failure place a growing burden on affected individuals and their families, caregivers, and the community at large. Health literacy is the degree to which individuals and organizations have, or equitably enable individuals to have, the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to make informed health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others. Rather than viewing health literacy as a patient deficit, improving health literacy lies primarily with health care providers communicating and educating effectively in codesigned partnership with those with kidney disease. For kidney policy makers, health literacy is a prerequisite for organizations to transition to a culture that places the person at the center of health care. The growing capability of and access to technology provides new opportunities to enhance education and awareness of kidney disease for all stakeholders. Advances in telecommunication, including social media platforms, can be leveraged to enhance persons’ and providers’ education. The World Kidney Day declares 2022 as the year of “Kidney Health for All” to promote global teamwork in advancing strategies in bridging the gap in kidney health education and literacy. Kidney organizations should work toward shifting the patient-deficit health literacy narrative to that of being the responsibility of health care providers and health policy makers. By engaging in and supporting kidney health-centered policy making, community health planning, and health literacy approaches for all, the kidney communities strive to prevent kidney diseases and enable living well with kidney disease. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1d7db56178a0466ab96f73f63bba0a702022-12-22T03:24:26ZengAssociação Brasileira de Divulgação CientíficaBrazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research1414-431X2022-05-015510.1590/1414-431x2022e12161Kidney health for all: bridging the gap in kidney health education and literacyR.G. Langhamhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2735-0161K. Kalantar-Zadehhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8666-0725A. Bonnerhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9920-6743A. Balduccihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7432-1494L.L. Hsiaohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0830-3391L.A. KumaraswamiP. Laffinhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9230-2473V. Liakopouloshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7564-2724G. Saadihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6280-1685E. Tantisattamohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0883-6892I. Ulasihttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7783-3025S.F. Luihttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0800-8982The high burden of kidney disease, global disparities in kidney care, and the poor outcomes of kidney failure place a growing burden on affected individuals and their families, caregivers, and the community at large. Health literacy is the degree to which individuals and organizations have, or equitably enable individuals to have, the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to make informed health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others. Rather than viewing health literacy as a patient deficit, improving health literacy lies primarily with health care providers communicating and educating effectively in codesigned partnership with those with kidney disease. For kidney policy makers, health literacy is a prerequisite for organizations to transition to a culture that places the person at the center of health care. The growing capability of and access to technology provides new opportunities to enhance education and awareness of kidney disease for all stakeholders. Advances in telecommunication, including social media platforms, can be leveraged to enhance persons’ and providers’ education. The World Kidney Day declares 2022 as the year of “Kidney Health for All” to promote global teamwork in advancing strategies in bridging the gap in kidney health education and literacy. Kidney organizations should work toward shifting the patient-deficit health literacy narrative to that of being the responsibility of health care providers and health policy makers. By engaging in and supporting kidney health-centered policy making, community health planning, and health literacy approaches for all, the kidney communities strive to prevent kidney diseases and enable living well with kidney disease.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2022000100101&lng=en&tlng=enEducational gapHealth literacyHealth policyInformation technologyKidney healthSocial media |
| spellingShingle | R.G. Langham K. Kalantar-Zadeh A. Bonner A. Balducci L.L. Hsiao L.A. Kumaraswami P. Laffin V. Liakopoulos G. Saadi E. Tantisattamo I. Ulasi S.F. Lui Kidney health for all: bridging the gap in kidney health education and literacy Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Educational gap Health literacy Health policy Information technology Kidney health Social media |
| title | Kidney health for all: bridging the gap in kidney health education and literacy |
| title_full | Kidney health for all: bridging the gap in kidney health education and literacy |
| title_fullStr | Kidney health for all: bridging the gap in kidney health education and literacy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Kidney health for all: bridging the gap in kidney health education and literacy |
| title_short | Kidney health for all: bridging the gap in kidney health education and literacy |
| title_sort | kidney health for all bridging the gap in kidney health education and literacy |
| topic | Educational gap Health literacy Health policy Information technology Kidney health Social media |
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