Fostering Health Literacy Responsiveness in a Remote Primary Health Care Setting: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT: Primary healthcare organisations have an important role in addressing health literacy as this is a barrier to accessing and utilising health care. Until recently, no organisational development tool operationalising health literacy in an Australian context existed. This research evaluated the efficacy of the Organisational Health Literacy Responsiveness (Org-HLR) tool and associated assessment process in a primary healthcare organisation in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. This study utilised a sequential explanatory mixed methods research design incorporating the collection and analysis of data in two phases: (1) Pre- and post-survey data and; (2) seven semi-structured interviews. Survey results showed that participants' confidence in core health literacy concepts improved from bas

SUBMITTER: Laing R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7215686 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature