The Relationship Between Literacy and Health
The Relationship Between Literacy and Health
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识字与健康之间的关系
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发表时间：
1991
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
R. Pust
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作者：
B. Weiss;G. Hart;R. Pust
在非工业化国家，识字率最低的人口健康状况最差。然而，在美国，没有发表过关于文盲是否独立于其他社会人口因素与健康状况有关的研究。有许多看似合理的机制可以实现这种关系。例如，已发表的报告表明，大多数患者的信息分发、同意书和其他材料的阅读水平对大多数美国成年人来说太难了。这些和其他发现可能对服务不足的人群的医疗保健具有重要影响。需要进行研究，以确定美国人识字技能受损对健康的影响，并开发提供患者教育、获得知情同意和实施诊断测试的非识字方法。
In non-industrialized countries, populations with the lowest literacy rates have the poorest health status. In the United States, however, there is no published research on whether illiteracy, independently of other sociodemographic factors, is related to health status. There are numerous plausible mechanisms by which such a relationship could occur. For example, published reports indicate that most information handouts, consent forms, and other materials for patients are written at reading levels too difficult for most American adults. These and other findings may have important implications in the health care of underserved populations.Research is needed to determine the health effects of impaired literacy skills among Americans, and to develop non-literacy-dependent methods for providing patient education, obtaining informed consent, and administering diagnostic tests.