Health literacy interventions in adult speech and language therapy: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reduced health literacy can negatively impact care seeking, satisfaction with care and overall health outcomes. These issues are particularly common among people living with communication difficulties who are seeking care from speech and language therapists (SLTs). As such, the SLT must be aware of and sensitive to health literacy needs within their clinical practice, proactively adapting materials and resources to the health literacy needs of their patients. Despite this required core competency, little is known about the health literacy interventions used by SLTs when working with adult patients, and as such, there is limited and unclear guidance for the practicing clinician, leading to potentially suboptimal care delivery.

Objectives

To explore the characterist

SUBMITTER: McKenna VB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10726155 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature