Current UK government policy places
much emphasis on increasing patient
participation in health care, stressing that
access to better information is required to
support patients’ participation and to
enable them to make choices in their own
health care.
1
Patient participation has great
practical value in achieving better health
outcomes among those who actively
participate in healthcare decisions
compared to those who do not.
2
Previous
studies have shown that patients are not
currently involved to the degree that they
would prefer,
3
and that this desire for
engagement is consistent regardless of
social background and educational status.
4
Those who currently participate in
healthcare decision making tend to be
younger, female, educated, articulate
patients of higher socioeconomic status.
5
While the range of methods for patient
communication in clinical settings has
grown, most are dependent on higher
levels of literacy and numeracy. There is
relatively little published evidence
concerning attempts to encourage people
from lower literacy backgrounds to make
informed health decisions through the use
of different types of decision support
materials or approaches.
6,7
Differences in literacy and numeric skills
lead to marked variation in an individual’s
ability to obtain relevant health information,
and in their opportunity and capability to
apply that information in interactions with
health professionals and services
Current UK government policy places
much emphasis on increasing patient
participation in health care, stressing that
access to better information is required to
support patients’ participation and to
enable them to make choices in their own
health care.
1
Patient participation has great
practical value in achieving better health
outcomes among those who actively
participate in healthcare decisions
compared to those who do not.
2
Previous
studies have shown that patients are not
currently involved to the degree that they
would prefer,
3
and that this desire for
engagement is consistent regardless of
social background and educational status.
4
Those who currently participate in
healthcare decision making tend to be
younger, female, educated, articulate
patients of higher socioeconomic status.
5
While the range of methods for patient
communication in clinical settings has
grown, most are dependent on higher
levels of literacy and numeracy. There is
relatively little published evidence
concerning attempts to encourage people
from lower literacy backgrounds to make
informed health decisions through the use
of different types of decision support
materials or approaches.
6,7
Differences in literacy and numeric skills
lead to marked variation in an individual’s
ability to obtain relevant health information,
and in their opportunity and capability to
apply that information in interactions with
health professionals and services
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