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Family Health in Adult Education: A Missing Piece of the Health Literacy Puzzle
Previous research and interventions define health literacy as an individual-level concept. Although it is necessary to design programs aimed at individual people, not all health decisions are made by patients themselves, and calls have been made to expand health literacy work beyond the individual....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6826759/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31687659 http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20190624-03 |
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author | Champlin, Sara Hoover, Diana Stewart Mackert, Michael |
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description | Previous research and interventions define health literacy as an individual-level concept. Although it is necessary to design programs aimed at individual people, not all health decisions are made by patients themselves, and calls have been made to expand health literacy work beyond the individual. This brief report stems from a larger study in which personnel working for adult literacy coalitions identified family health as a priority topic for health-focused lessons, yet often felt ill-equipped to teach students in this area. This brief report examines adult educators' perspectives on the types of content needed for a family health module designed for the adult education curriculum. Personnel from adult literacy coalitions offered qualitative insights on their desires for health literacy content in the context of family care. Adult literacy coalition educators and staff can provide important insights regarding the health literacy needs of adults in vulnerable populations. Three key themes emerged: American Family Health, Nutritious Eating, and Identify and Act. Rather than using a personal approach, a program that frames health literacy as family health and offers a holistic view on caring for others may serve to provide important context for health decisions and communication for adults at literacy centers. [HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice. 2019;3(Suppl.):S75–S78.] |
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spelling | pubmed-68267592019-11-04 Family Health in Adult Education: A Missing Piece of the Health Literacy Puzzle Champlin, Sara Hoover, Diana Stewart Mackert, Michael Health Lit Res Pract Brief Report Previous research and interventions define health literacy as an individual-level concept. Although it is necessary to design programs aimed at individual people, not all health decisions are made by patients themselves, and calls have been made to expand health literacy work beyond the individual. This brief report stems from a larger study in which personnel working for adult literacy coalitions identified family health as a priority topic for health-focused lessons, yet often felt ill-equipped to teach students in this area. This brief report examines adult educators' perspectives on the types of content needed for a family health module designed for the adult education curriculum. Personnel from adult literacy coalitions offered qualitative insights on their desires for health literacy content in the context of family care. Adult literacy coalition educators and staff can provide important insights regarding the health literacy needs of adults in vulnerable populations. Three key themes emerged: American Family Health, Nutritious Eating, and Identify and Act. Rather than using a personal approach, a program that frames health literacy as family health and offers a holistic view on caring for others may serve to provide important context for health decisions and communication for adults at literacy centers. [HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice. 2019;3(Suppl.):S75–S78.] SLACK Incorporated 2019-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6826759/ /pubmed/31687659 http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20190624-03 Text en © 2019 Champlin, Hoover, Mackert This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). This license allows users to copy and distribute, to remix, transform, and build upon the article, for any purpose, even commercially, provided the author is attributed and is not represented as endorsing the use made of the work. |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Champlin, Sara Hoover, Diana Stewart Mackert, Michael Family Health in Adult Education: A Missing Piece of the Health Literacy Puzzle |
title | Family Health in Adult Education: A Missing Piece of the Health Literacy Puzzle |
title_full | Family Health in Adult Education: A Missing Piece of the Health Literacy Puzzle |
title_fullStr | Family Health in Adult Education: A Missing Piece of the Health Literacy Puzzle |
title_full_unstemmed | Family Health in Adult Education: A Missing Piece of the Health Literacy Puzzle |
title_short | Family Health in Adult Education: A Missing Piece of the Health Literacy Puzzle |
title_sort | family health in adult education: a missing piece of the health literacy puzzle |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6826759/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31687659 http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20190624-03 |
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