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Health Literacy: A Social Worker’s Role as Patient Advocate

The New Social Worker

Social workers can play critical roles in promoting health literacy. The profession’s emphasis on empowerment and social justice, along with our systems approach, makes social workers ideally suited for this role.

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More research needed on health literacy and medication adherence in ethnic minority adults with Type 2 Diabetes

News Medical Health Sciences

New research led by Western Sydney University finds limited evidence on the association between health literacy and medication adherence among ethnic minority adults living with Type 2 Diabetes.

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NYC Advances Public Health Workforce Data Literacy Through PHIG

PHIG Partners

PHIG funding also supported the growth of public health surveillance work through the expansion of the agencys in-house survey panel to 35,000 adults and new qualitative analyses to better understand mental health, the long-term impacts of COVID-19, and reproductive healthcare access and experiences in the city.

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Frontiers’ most popular mental health Research Topics

Frontiers

Collecting over a million views, scientists investigated emotional, psychological, and social well-being subjects, including: Post-COVID-19 habit changes 70 articles | 149,000 views Analyzing COVID-19’s impact on mental health, lifestyle, beliefs, and social behavior Insights from Frontiers for Young Minds 7 articles | 315,000 views Explaining (..)

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Higher levels of ‘good’ cholesterol may help preserve brain health

Association of Health Care Journalists

However, remember that nine in 10 adults struggle with health literacy, according to the Center for Health Care Strategies. is one of the most feared health conditions. Heart disease is a risk factor for Alzheimers disease). Alzheimers disease , which affects nearly 7 million people in the U.S.,

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The Importance of Data-Driven Approaches to Improving Healthcare in Rural Areas

Smart Data Collective

Using Data to Improve Health Outcomes In rural communities, there are typically a number of ailments that are more common. Oftentimes, these arise from a lack of health literacy which causes rural residents to engage in a number of unhealthy behaviors such as excessive smoking and drinking.

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The Role of Cloud Computing in Patient Engagement in Healthcare

Smart Data Collective

Ignorance – The patient’s demographics and health literacy are important factors in successful patient engagement, but few people realize this. Their technological literacy is also an important consideration. As of today, there is no evidence-based procedure which is often a burden for the administration.