Title |
The OPtimising HEalth LIterAcy (Ophelia) process: study protocol for using health literacy profiling and community engagement to create and implement health reform
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, July 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-694 |
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Authors |
Roy W Batterham, Rachelle Buchbinder, Alison Beauchamp, Sarity Dodson, Gerald R Elsworth, Richard H Osborne |
Abstract |
Health literacy is a multi-dimensional concept comprising a range of cognitive, affective, social, and personal skills and attributes. This paper describes the research and development protocol for a large communities-based collaborative project in Victoria, Australia that aims to identify and respond to health literacy issues for people with chronic conditions. The project, called Ophelia (OPtimising HEalth LIterAcy) Victoria, is a partnership between two universities, eight service organisations and the Victorian Government. Based on the identified issues, it will develop and pilot health literacy interventions across eight disparate health services to inform the creation of a health literacy response framework to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities. |
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United Kingdom | 52 | 32% |
Australia | 15 | 9% |
United States | 9 | 6% |
Spain | 7 | 4% |
Canada | 5 | 3% |
Switzerland | 3 | 2% |
Finland | 2 | 1% |
Japan | 2 | 1% |
New Zealand | 2 | 1% |
Other | 12 | 7% |
Unknown | 54 | 33% |
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Members of the public | 92 | 56% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 37 | 23% |
Scientists | 31 | 19% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 2% |
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United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
Cuba | 1 | <1% |
Colombia | 1 | <1% |
South Africa | 1 | <1% |
North Macedonia | 1 | <1% |
Denmark | 1 | <1% |
Spain | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 320 | 97% |
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Student > Master | 54 | 16% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 49 | 15% |
Student > Bachelor | 38 | 12% |
Researcher | 33 | 10% |
Other | 23 | 7% |
Other | 74 | 22% |
Unknown | 59 | 18% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 85 | 26% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 59 | 18% |
Social Sciences | 42 | 13% |
Psychology | 22 | 7% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 9 | 3% |
Other | 38 | 12% |
Unknown | 75 | 23% |