Tag: health literacy

Health Literacy Workshop: Speech Pathology Australia National Conference 2023

Slides from the workshop are available for workshop attendees. Presenters: Harmony Turnbull, Bronwyn Hemsley DO NOT copy or reproduce these materials without permission. Contact me if you would like to arrange a workshop in your context or to be part of my research: harmony.m.turnbull@student.uts.edu.au...

Ten things about health literacy

Turnbull, H. (2022). Top 10 tips for Health Literacy and access to services. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 24(3). What is health literacy? To support health literacy, it is important to have a clear understanding of what it is. Health literacy relates to the way we access,...

Understanding and supporting health literacy

Health literacy is important when accessing, understanding and using health information, participating in health decisions, and achieving better health (Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, 2014). Health literacy issues arise when a person’s knowledge, skills and capacity to understand health information clash with demands of healthcare...

“Increased Access and Use of Disability Related Information for Consumers”

I’m working through full-text screening in a systematic review and came across an article that I just had to write a post about! Fullmer S, & Majumder RK. (1991). Increased access and use of disability related information for consumers. Journal of Rehabilitation, 57(3), 17–22. cin20. This article describes how...

Promoting patient empowerment through access to information

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges recently (September, 2018) published a guide called “Please, Write to Me. Writing Outpatient Letters. Guidance.” This resource was kindly passed on to me by one of my higher degree research supervisors, who happens to be a physiotherapist. I really appreciate it when colleagues,...