Abstract
Health literacy (HL) is a powerful determinant of patient health outcomes, yet a minority of the U.S. population possesses proficient health literacy. Healthy People 2030 positions HL prominently among the new overarching goals as follows, "Eliminate health disparities, achieve health equity, and attain health literacy to improve the health and well-being of all" (The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2023). HL comprises two interlinked components: personal HL and organizational HL, (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, n.d.). Implementing HL practices within healthcare system facilities such as hospitals, FQHCs, and/or primary care practices to support universal HL precautions creates environments that facilitate patient navigation, increase patient understanding, and generally improve the overall healthcare experience. To assist facilities in creating universal HL precaution environments within healthcare organizations, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) introduced the Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit (HLUPT) (AHRQ, 2020). This toolkit is based on Rudd's health literacy environmental scan (HLES) (Rudd and Anderson, 2006) (Rudd et al., 2005). This toolkit provides evidence-based, step-by-step guidance for implementing best practices for HL within organizations. This project focused on the HL assessment of a federally qualified health center (FQHC) serving a population at high risk for low HL and specifically addressed the adult diabetic population.
Sigma Membership
Kappa Alpha
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Cross-Sectional
Research Approach
Translational Research/Evidence-based Practice
Keywords:
Health Outcomes, Diabetes Management, Health Literacy
Advisor
Rebecca C. Robert
Second Advisor
Joyce E. Johnson
Third Advisor
Alice Horowitz
Degree
DNP
Degree Grantor
The Catholic University of America
Degree Year
2024
Recommended Citation
Norris-Bermudez, Alana D., "Evaluating the health literacy practices of a primary care health system serving a diabetic population at high risk for low health literacy" (2024). Dissertations. 275.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/275
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None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2024-05-30
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 31240955; ProQuest document ID: 3054378106. The author still retains copyright.