TY - JOUR
T1 - Health literacy among cancer survivors
T2 - Results from the 2016 behavioral risk factor surveillance system survey
AU - Coughlin, Steven S.
AU - Datta, Biplab Kumar
AU - Vernon, Marlo
AU - Hatzigeorgiou, Christos
AU - George, Varghese
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/3/4
Y1 - 2022/3/4
N2 - AbstractHealth literacy is a set of knowledge and skills that enables individuals to obtain, communicate, process and understand information, and services to make appropriate health decisions and to successfully navigate the health care system. Health literacy is important to quality of cancer survivorship care and patient self-management of their disease.We examined health literacy among cancer survivors, using data from the 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. We compared health literacy across various demographic and socioeconomic groups and estimated the adjusted odds in favor of low health literacy for these characteristics.We found that about 16% of the cancer survivors had low health literacy. The prevalence was higher among Hispanic and Black individuals, and among those with poor health status, low income and educational attainment.A sizeable percentage of cancer survivors have low health literacy which is likely to complicate their ability to self-manage their disease and navigate the health care system for optimal care. In order to ensure the quality and appropriateness of cancer survivorship care, effective interventions are needed to address low health literacy in these populations.
AB - AbstractHealth literacy is a set of knowledge and skills that enables individuals to obtain, communicate, process and understand information, and services to make appropriate health decisions and to successfully navigate the health care system. Health literacy is important to quality of cancer survivorship care and patient self-management of their disease.We examined health literacy among cancer survivors, using data from the 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. We compared health literacy across various demographic and socioeconomic groups and estimated the adjusted odds in favor of low health literacy for these characteristics.We found that about 16% of the cancer survivors had low health literacy. The prevalence was higher among Hispanic and Black individuals, and among those with poor health status, low income and educational attainment.A sizeable percentage of cancer survivors have low health literacy which is likely to complicate their ability to self-manage their disease and navigate the health care system for optimal care. In order to ensure the quality and appropriateness of cancer survivorship care, effective interventions are needed to address low health literacy in these populations.
KW - cancer
KW - cancer survivors
KW - health literacy
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U2 - 10.1097/MD.0000000000029010
DO - 10.1097/MD.0000000000029010
M3 - Article
C2 - 35244079
AN - SCOPUS:85125692464
SN - 0025-7974
VL - 101
SP - E29010
JO - Medicine (United States)
JF - Medicine (United States)
IS - 9
ER -