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1、NURSINGTHEORYANDCONCEPTDEVELOPMENTORANALYSISHealthliteracy:conceptanalysisCarolynSperosDNScAPRNAssistantProfessor,LoewenbergSchoolofNursing,UniversityofMemphis,Memphis,Tennessee,USAAcceptedforpublication3November2004Correspondence:SPEROSC.(2005)JournalofAdvancedNursing50(6),633640CarolynSpero
2、s,Healthliteracy:conceptanalysisLoewenbergSchoolofNursing,Aim.ThispaperreportsananalysisoftheconceptofhealthliteracyinordertoUniversityofMemphis,clarifyitsmeaning,reduceambiguitiesassociatedwithreferencestoit,andpromote206NewportHall,consistencyinusingtheconceptinnursingdialogueandresearch.Me
3、mphis,Background.HealthliteracyisarelativelynewconceptinhealthpromotionTN38152-3740,USA.research.OnlywithinthelastdecadehaveresearchersidentifiedtheproblemsE-mail:csperos@memphis.eduassociatedwithhealthliteracy,theroleitplaysinanindividualsabilitytocom-prehendhealthandself-careinformation,andi
4、tsrelationshiptohealthoutcomes.Clarifyingtheconceptisessentialsothatnursesdevelopanawarenessofthephe-nomenonanditsrelationshiptotheoutcomesoftheircommunicationandhealtheducationefforts.Method.ThemethodusedforthisconceptanalysiswasthatofWalkerandAvant(1995).Findings.Healthliteracyempowerspeopl
5、etoactappropriatelyinnewandchanginghealth-relatedcircumstancesthroughtheuseofadvancedcognitiveandsocialskills.Thedefiningattributesofhealthliteracyarereadingandnumeracyskills,compre-hension,thecapacitytouseinformationinhealthcaredecision-making,andsuc-cessfulfunctioningasahealthcareconsumer.An
6、tecedentsofhealthliteracyareliteracyandahealth-relatedexperience.Consequencesofhealthliteracyincludeimprovedself-reportedhealthstatus,lowerhealthcarecosts,increasedhealthknowledge,shorterhospitalizations,andlessfrequentuseofhealthcareservices.EmpiricalreferentsoftheconceptaretheTestofFunction
7、alHealthLiteracyinAdultsandthehealthliteracycomponentoftheNationalAssessmentofAdultLiteracy.Conclusions.Ananalysisoftheconceptofhealthliteracyenhancesnursesabilitytoassessmoreaccuratelytheirclientslevelsofhealthliteracy,thusidentifyingthoseat
