Impact of communicative and critical health literacy on understanding of diabetes

[Northerner]

The role of a patient's functional health literacy (HL) has received much attention in the context of diabetes education, but researchers have not fully investigated the roles of communicative and critical HL, especially in primary care. Communicative HL is the skill to extract health information and derive meaning from different forms of communication, and to apply this information to changing circumstances.

Critical HL allows the patient to critically analyze information and to use this information to achieve greater control over life events and situations. We examined how HL, particularly communicative and critical HL, is related to the patient's understanding of diabetes care and self-efficacy for diabetes management in primary care settings.

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[trophywench]

As Manuel would have said, ?Qu??


Are they saying if someone explains summat clearly, we understand it better? And if literature is written in plain English, ditto?

I'd never have guessed that, would you?