Health literacy plays a key role in a patient-centered approach to care. It is difficult for patients to take the best care of themselves without understanding proper self-care methods. Compounding the problem, parents with poor health literacy don’t receive care as often as they should and pass this lack of knowledge along to their children.
Here are several ways you can help patients improve their health literacy:
Better health literacy may not only help improve treatment outcomes but may also reduce treatment costs. Not to mention, help patients feel better in general. Changing how you deliver your messages to patients can translate to improvements for everyone.
Sources:
“Health Literacy in Dentistry.” ada.org, American Dental Association.
“8 Ways to Improve Health Literacy.” ihi.org, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 15 October, 2014.
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