January 1, 2007

The Relationship Between Health Literacy and Diabetes Knowledge and Readiness to Take Health Actions

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Low health literacy is a problem faced by many patients that affects their ability to navigate the health care system and manage their chronic illnesses. While low health literacy was significantly associated with worse glycemic control and poorer disease knowledge in patients with type 2 diabetes, there was no significant relationship with their readiness to take action in disease management.

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Powell et al. (Mon,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d8e47713e0539d74bede5c https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/0145721706297452

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