Cultural Adaptation of a Health Literacy Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals Working in the Primary Care Setting with Older Adults
Healthcare professionals’ health literacy (HL) knowledge and skills influence their interaction with older adults. Healthcare professionals, when effectively communicating with older adults, can empower and enhance patients’ skills to make informed decisions about their health. The study aimed to ad...
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| description | Healthcare professionals’ health literacy (HL) knowledge and skills influence their interaction with older adults. Healthcare professionals, when effectively communicating with older adults, can empower and enhance patients’ skills to make informed decisions about their health. The study aimed to adapt and pilot test a HL toolkit to enhance the HL skills of health professionals working with older adults. A mixed methodology of three phases was used. Initially, the healthcare professionals’ and older adults’ needs were identified. Following a literature review of existing tools, a HL toolkit was selected, translated, and adapted into Greek. The HL toolkit was introduced to 128 healthcare professionals as part of 4 h webinars; 82 healthcare professionals completed baseline and post assessments, and 24 healthcare professionals implemented it in their clinical practice. The questionnaires used included an interview on HL knowledge, communication strategies, and self-efficacy using a communication scale. HL and communication strategies knowledge (13 items) and self-efficacy in communication (t = −11.127, df = 81, <i>p</i> < 0.001) improved after the end of the HL webinars, and improvement was retained during the follow-up after 2 months (H = 8.99, df = 2, <i>p</i> < 0.05). A culturally adapted HL toolkit was developed to support the needs of healthcare professionals working with older adults, taking into consideration their feedback in all phases of the development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f733640a5114970994f91601a68e36a2023-11-17T07:44:24ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322023-03-0111577610.3390/healthcare11050776Cultural Adaptation of a Health Literacy Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals Working in the Primary Care Setting with Older AdultsAreti Efthymiou0Argyroula Kalaitzaki1Michael Rovithis2Department of Social Work, Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU), 71410 Heraklion, Crete, GreeceDepartment of Social Work, Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU), 71410 Heraklion, Crete, GreeceLaboratory of Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Enhancement of Quality of Life (Quality of Life Lab), Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU), 71410 Heraklion, Crete, GreeceHealthcare professionals’ health literacy (HL) knowledge and skills influence their interaction with older adults. Healthcare professionals, when effectively communicating with older adults, can empower and enhance patients’ skills to make informed decisions about their health. The study aimed to adapt and pilot test a HL toolkit to enhance the HL skills of health professionals working with older adults. A mixed methodology of three phases was used. Initially, the healthcare professionals’ and older adults’ needs were identified. Following a literature review of existing tools, a HL toolkit was selected, translated, and adapted into Greek. The HL toolkit was introduced to 128 healthcare professionals as part of 4 h webinars; 82 healthcare professionals completed baseline and post assessments, and 24 healthcare professionals implemented it in their clinical practice. The questionnaires used included an interview on HL knowledge, communication strategies, and self-efficacy using a communication scale. HL and communication strategies knowledge (13 items) and self-efficacy in communication (t = −11.127, df = 81, <i>p</i> < 0.001) improved after the end of the HL webinars, and improvement was retained during the follow-up after 2 months (H = 8.99, df = 2, <i>p</i> < 0.05). A culturally adapted HL toolkit was developed to support the needs of healthcare professionals working with older adults, taking into consideration their feedback in all phases of the development.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/5/776communicationhealth literacyhealthcare professionalsolder adultsself-efficacytoolkit |
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| title | Cultural Adaptation of a Health Literacy Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals Working in the Primary Care Setting with Older Adults |
| title_full | Cultural Adaptation of a Health Literacy Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals Working in the Primary Care Setting with Older Adults |
| title_fullStr | Cultural Adaptation of a Health Literacy Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals Working in the Primary Care Setting with Older Adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cultural Adaptation of a Health Literacy Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals Working in the Primary Care Setting with Older Adults |
| title_short | Cultural Adaptation of a Health Literacy Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals Working in the Primary Care Setting with Older Adults |
| title_sort | cultural adaptation of a health literacy toolkit for healthcare professionals working in the primary care setting with older adults |
| topic | communication health literacy healthcare professionals older adults self-efficacy toolkit |
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