However, conceptualizing health literacy as a ‘‘risk’’
does have its limitations. As indicated above, framing
health literacy more as an ‘‘asset’’ that can be built through
patient education may support more comprehensive
options for the self-management of disease, enable the
development of skills to foster confident interactions with
health care providers, and the ability of patients to navigate
or negotiate the health care system. There are welcome
signs of recognition of the complexity of health decisionmaking
in current research (Coulter & Ellins, 2007; DeWalt,
Boone, & Pignone 2007; Hibbard, Peters, Dixon, & Tusler,
2007). Improved interaction between researchers and
advocates of the two health literacy perspectives would
undoubtedly enrich both
However, conceptualizing health literacy as a ‘‘risk’’does have its limitations. As indicated above, framinghealth literacy more as an ‘‘asset’’ that can be built throughpatient education may support more comprehensiveoptions for the self-management of disease, enable thedevelopment of skills to foster confident interactions withhealth care providers, and the ability of patients to navigateor negotiate the health care system. There are welcomesigns of recognition of the complexity of health decisionmakingin current research (Coulter & Ellins, 2007; DeWalt,Boone, & Pignone 2007; Hibbard, Peters, Dixon, & Tusler,2007). Improved interaction between researchers andadvocates of the two health literacy perspectives wouldundoubtedly enrich both
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