Understanding health literacy through the lens of phronesis : the case of coronary artery disease patients
In research as well as in clinical settings, health literacy is often measured using self-rated psychometric instruments. Research has, however, shown that although patients perform poorly on health literacy measures, over time, they tend to develop skills and strategies to empower themselves to man...
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| author | Suri, Venkata Ratnadeep Majid, Shaheen Foo, Schubert Dumaual-Sibal, Hannah Trinity Chang, Yun-Ke |
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| description | In research as well as in clinical settings, health literacy is often measured using self-rated psychometric instruments. Research has, however, shown that although patients perform poorly on health literacy measures, over time, they tend to develop skills and strategies to empower themselves to manage their chronic disease conditions. In this study using focus group interviews as a methodology, and information landscapes and phronesis as conceptual building blocks, we tried to understand how patients acquire, evaluate, and use health information to deal with their chronic disease conditions. Phronesis refers to practical knowledge and wisdom that people develop through experience and is enacted by patients to make health-related decisions and engage in healthy behaviors. Results show that patients enact a number of strategies that reflect phronesis when managing their chronic conditions. Findings from this study are discussed to evaluate phronesis as an important concept for understanding successful chronic disease self-management. Implications for theory and practice are also discussed. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1455072023-03-05T15:56:38Z Understanding health literacy through the lens of phronesis : the case of coronary artery disease patients Suri, Venkata Ratnadeep Majid, Shaheen Foo, Schubert Dumaual-Sibal, Hannah Trinity Chang, Yun-Ke Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information 6th European Conference on Information Literacy 2018 Social sciences::Sociology Health Literacy Phronesis In research as well as in clinical settings, health literacy is often measured using self-rated psychometric instruments. Research has, however, shown that although patients perform poorly on health literacy measures, over time, they tend to develop skills and strategies to empower themselves to manage their chronic disease conditions. In this study using focus group interviews as a methodology, and information landscapes and phronesis as conceptual building blocks, we tried to understand how patients acquire, evaluate, and use health information to deal with their chronic disease conditions. Phronesis refers to practical knowledge and wisdom that people develop through experience and is enacted by patients to make health-related decisions and engage in healthy behaviors. Results show that patients enact a number of strategies that reflect phronesis when managing their chronic conditions. Findings from this study are discussed to evaluate phronesis as an important concept for understanding successful chronic disease self-management. Implications for theory and practice are also discussed. Accepted version 2020-12-23T06:55:18Z 2020-12-23T06:55:18Z 2019 Conference Paper Suri, V. R., Majid, S., Foo, S., Dumaual-Sibal, H. T., & Chang, Y.-K. (2019). Understanding health literacy through the lens of phronesis : the case of coronary artery disease patients. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 989, 166-175. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-13472-3_16 978-3-030-13471-6 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145507 10.1007/978-3-030-13472-3_16 989 166 175 en © 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Communications in Computer and Information Science. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13472-3_16 application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Sociology Health Literacy Phronesis Suri, Venkata Ratnadeep Majid, Shaheen Foo, Schubert Dumaual-Sibal, Hannah Trinity Chang, Yun-Ke Understanding health literacy through the lens of phronesis : the case of coronary artery disease patients |
| title | Understanding health literacy through the lens of phronesis : the case of coronary artery disease patients |
| title_full | Understanding health literacy through the lens of phronesis : the case of coronary artery disease patients |
| title_fullStr | Understanding health literacy through the lens of phronesis : the case of coronary artery disease patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding health literacy through the lens of phronesis : the case of coronary artery disease patients |
| title_short | Understanding health literacy through the lens of phronesis : the case of coronary artery disease patients |
| title_sort | understanding health literacy through the lens of phronesis the case of coronary artery disease patients |
| topic | Social sciences::Sociology Health Literacy Phronesis |
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