Efficacy of Health Literacy Interventions

This 2011 article by Nancy Berkman and colleagues discusses a systematic review. The review included studies on interventions designed to improve healthcare utilization and health outcomes for people with low health literacy. Researchers found that the most successful interventions were: Read More

This 2015 article by Sandra Dunbar and colleagues discusses a randomized controlled trial. The trial evaluated the effect of a self-care intervention on quality of life, physical function, and physical activity in people with heart failure and diabetes. The intervention group got plain language educational Read More

This 2017 article by Joseph Perazzo and colleagues discusses a systematic review. The review included studies on health literacy interventions for people living with HIV. Researchers stated that some of the studies found improvements in patients’ adherence to treatment. However, most of the Read More

This 2018 article by Boudewijn Visscher and colleagues discusses a systematic review. The review included studies on health literacy interventions in the European Union. Researchers found that t he most successful interventions: · Addressed interactive and/or critical skills Read More

This 2020 article by Ronie Walters and colleagues discusses a systematic review. The review included studies on health literacy interventions in adults . Researchers found that most of the interventions improved health literacy. However, the writeups could have done a better job of discussing the Read More

This 2020 article by Salima Meherali and colleagues discusses a systematic review. The review included studies on health literacy interventions designed to improve health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Researchers found that, overall, the interventions improved health knowledge Read More