Shifts in Diabetes Health Literacy Policy and Practice in Australia-Promoting Organisational Health Literacy.

ABSTRACT: Improving organisational health literacy ensures people can navigate, understand and use essential health information and services. However, systematic reviews have identified limited evidence for practical approaches to implementing such organisational change, particularly at a national level. This study aimed to (a) investigate the approach taken by an Australian national diabetes organisation-Diabetes Australia, as the administrator of the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS)-to improve organisational health literacy over a 15-year-period and (b) examine the impact of organisational changes on the health literacy demands of health information. We performed an environmental scan, examining the websites of the NDSS, Diabetes Australia and the Australian government for reports and posi

SUBMITTER: Murfet GO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10217931 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature