The Relationship Between Health Literacy Levels and the Health Outcomes in the Heart Failure Population

To better understand the relationship between health literacy level and health outcome in heart failure patients, Aurelia Macabasco-O'Connell, PhD, RN, ACNP 1, Darren A. DeWalt, MD, MPH 2, 3, Kimberly A. Broucksou, MSW, MPA 2, Victoria Hawk, MPH, RD, LDN 2, David W. Baker, MD, MPH, Dean Schillinger, MD 6, Bernice Ruo, MD, MAS 5, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD 6, George M. Holmes, PhD 2, 4 Brian Erman, BA, MS 2, Morris Weinberger, PhD 4 and Michael Pignone, MD, MPH 2, 3, literature review of current research.

There is a strong and complicated relationship between health and biology, genetic and personal behavior, health and sanitation services, socioeconomic status, physical environment, discrimination, racial discrimination, literacy rate and legislative policy. These factors that affect the health of individuals and people are called determinants of health. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Secretariat Advisory Committee on the purpose of national health promotion and disease prevention 2020. Phase I Report: Recommendations for Healthy Population Framework and Format in 2020 Section IV: Survey Results and Recommendations of the Advisory Committee. It is available from http://www.healthypeople.gov/sites/default/files/PhaseI_0.pdf.

From personal health to community health: The entire population like the community also shows healthy behavior and results expressed by statistics on demographic trends and mortality and morbidity. At this level, you can measure various beliefs, attitudes, and results experienced in groups within a group (such as between men and women or between different ethnic groups) and determine how these groups differ I will. "Average" statistics at this level may be used to understand why the health outcome of a group is different (eg, the average dietary habits of different ethnic groups against the incidence of coronary heart disease Impact of). Relations and explanations may not be so clear. This level of public health intervention includes: