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Frontiers in Public Health. 10. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1022587. PMC 9870288. PMID 36699882. Erku D, Khatri R, Endalamaw A, Wolka E, Nigatu F, Zewdie A, Assefa Y (2023). "Digital Health Interventions to Improve Access to and Quality of Primary Health Care Services: A Scoping Review". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public ...
Medical libraries located in healthcare or higher education settings work with healthcare professionals, medical students, and patients. Health literacy efforts by medical librarians can include raising awareness of the barriers of health literacy faced by patients, and training professionals in communication strategies they might require such ...
Patient education is a planned interactive learning process designed to support and enable expert patients [1] to manage their life with a disease and/or optimise their health and well-being. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Health promotion in the hospital setting aims to increase health gain by supporting the health of patients, staff, and the community. This is achieved by integrating health promotion concepts, strategies, and values into the culture and organizational structure of the hospital.
A medical doctor explaining an X-ray to a patient. Several factors help increase patient participation, including understandable and individual adapted information, education for the patient and healthcare provider, sufficient time for the interaction, processes that provide the opportunity for the patient to be involved in decision-making, a positive attitude from the healthcare provider ...
Health communication is the study and practice of communicating promotional health information, such as in public health campaigns, health education, and between doctor and patient. [1] The purpose of disseminating health information is to influence personal health choices by improving health literacy .
Thomas William "Tom" Ferguson (July 8, 1943 – April 14, 2006) was an American medical doctor, educator, and author. He was an early advocate for patient empowerment, urging patients to educate themselves, to assume control of their own health care, and to use the Internet as a way of accomplishing those goals.
There is currently limited evidence to form a robust conclusion that involving older patients with multiple health conditions in decision-making during primary care consultations has benefits. [129] Examples of patient involvement in decision-making about their health care include patient workshops and coaching, individual patient coaching.