Applying Health Literacy to WOC Nursing

WOCTalk

English - May 25, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
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In this episode of WOCTalk we sit down with Madeline Cafiero, EdD, FNP-BC, CWOCN, to discuss health literacy as it relates to wound, ostomy, and continence (WOC) nursing and patients. Dr. Cafiero helps define the types of health literacy, overviews health literacy strategies, explains factors that impact low health literacy, and more!

Episode Resources:

Click here to read the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) health literacy definition

Click here to read the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Literacy definition

Click here to read the World Health Organization (WHO) health literacy definition

Click here to access AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit

Click here to access a health literacy slide presentation by Rima Rudd from Harvard University

Click here to access the Health Literacy Tool Shed

Click here to access Pacific University LibGuides on health literacy

Click here to read Dr. Cafiero’s article “Nurse Practitioners' Knowledge, Experience, and Intention to Use Health Literacy Strategies in Clinical Practice” in the Journal of Health Communication