Health Literacy In Nursing

Dunn-Navarra, A., Stockwell, M. S., Meyer, D., & Larson, E. (2012). Parental health literacy, knowledge and beliefs regarding upper respiratory infections (URI) in an urban Latino immigrant population. Journal of Urban Health, 89(5), 848-860.

This article discussed the topic of low health literacy among parents who are recent immigrants and/or non-native English speakers. The article also included health literacy in terms of upper respiratory infections affecting children among this population. Health literacy was a concept defined by the authors as the skills to gain access to, understand, and use information in ways to promote and maintain health.

This article discussed important points regarding health literacy in the United States. The

For example, these nursing projects can consist of examining different free clinics and evaluating these clinics on how they promote health literacy versus other clinics in the same area, and evaluating the health outcomes for different health literacy programs. An implication for nursing education includes teaching nursing students about developing intervention programs and research projects early on in nursing programs so that nursing students gain interest in this area of nursing that is often overlooked. An implication for nursing practice includes raising awareness, applying for grant funding to create more programs for free clinics and the public. Creating services is key to having free clinic patients achieve better

L. (2012). Low health literacy, limited English proficiency and health status in Asians, Latinos, and other racial/ethinic groups in California. Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives, 17(3), 82-99.

This article discussed the health status of various racial and ethnic populations through low health literacy and limited English proficiency. The author defined the concept of health literacy using the definition established by Healthy People 2010 which states that it is the level to which people have the ability to get a hold of, process, and comprehend basic health information and services for suitable health decisions (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000).

The importance of this article was to show how Latinos and Asians are heavily represented in California as populations with highest incidence of low health literacy. The article also discussed how these populations are particularly vulnerable to high prevalence of poor health status. The correlation was that individuals with both limited English proficiency and low health literacy were at highest risk for poor health. Additionally, limited English proficiency may carry greater health risk than low health literacy, though other variations