Abstract
This article explores the concept and measurement of health literacy in the context of shared health decision-making. It draws upon a series of qualitative and quantitative studies undertaken in the development and evaluation of a bowel cancer screening decision aid for low literacy populations. The findings indicate that different types of health literacy (functional, interactive and critical) are required in decision-making and present a set of instruments to assess and discriminate between higher level health literacy skills required for engagement in decision-making. It concludes that greater sophistication in both the definition and measurement of health literacy in research is needed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1011-22 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Journal of Health Psychology |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 8 |
Early online date | 15 May 2013 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2013 |
Keywords
- Decision Making
- Early Detection of Cancer/methods
- Health Literacy/classification
- Humans
- Vulnerable Populations/psychology