Exploring health literacy competencies towards patient education programme for Chinese-speaking healthcare professionals: a Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To achieve consensus on a set of competencies in health literacy practice based on a literature review and expert consultation.

Setting

Hospitals and community health centres in Taiwan.

Method

A 2-stage modified Delphi study involving a literature review was conducted, followed by qualitative interviews and 3 rounds of email-based data collection over a 3-month period in 2011.

Participants

15 Chinese healthcare practitioners with more than 6 months' experience in patient education were interviewed to collect data on health literacy practice. 24 experts (12 academic scholars in health literacy and 12 professionals with training related to health literacy practice) were invited to participate in the Delphi process.

Results

Qualitative data from

SUBMITTER: Chang LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5253604 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature