" Health Literacyin Portugal”

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" Health Literacyin Portugal”
Literature review
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With theobjectivetoevaluateHealth Literacyin elderly people,some studies were
developed and their results show that Health Literacy level in
Portuguese elderly people, might be
compromised.
Low Health Literacy Level
Difficulties to
understand
information
received and
follow medical
instructions
Decreased
autonomy to
Inadequate
Higher
manage their own
ability to
hospitalization
health and
understand
rates, increased
ineffective
health
hospital stay and
knowledge of their
information
health costs
health
statusobtidos a partir de uma amostra de pessoas idosas portuguesas. Revista Portuguesa de
Source: Serrão, C., Veiga, S., & Vieira, I. (2015). Literacia em saúde:
Resultados
Enfermagem de Saúde Mental, 2 (SPE2), 33–38.
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“Literacia em Saúde: Contribuição para o estudo de
adaptação e
validação do NVS – Newest Vital
Sign.”
Authors/Title
Year
HLAW
Objectives
Methods
Instrument
Results
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79,8% of the study participants have low
health literacy;
Type of study:
Fernandes, P. - Literacia
To contribute for the
em Saúde:
validation
of
Exploratory study.
the
Mini-Mental
Sta
Population:
Te s t ; questionnaire
in a sample of people
Adults over 65
(socio- demographics,
adaptação e
over
years of age.
healthy
validação do NVS –
examined
Newest Vital Sign.
psychometric
o estudo de
2012
65
properties.
years
and
it’s
measures)
N:79people.
lifestyles
was
found
that
participants
with
educated and have lower incomes;

and
Portuguese version of
NVS.
It
inadequate health literacy tend to be less
teExamination
Newest Vital Sign (NVS),
Contribuição para


It
seems
that
inadequate
literacy
is associated
status,
but
to
poor
health
health
this association was not
statistically significant;
12 participants who have adequate
health literacy perform physical activities.
Source: Fernandes, P. (2012). Literacia em Saúde: Contribuição para o estudo de adaptação e validação do NVS – Newest Vital Sign. (Master), ISPA - Instituto Universitário
Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, Lisboa.
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“Hermenêutica da
Literacia
em Saúde
avaliação em Portugal (HLSEU-PT)”
e sua
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Authors/Title
Year
Objectives
• Generate a public policy
agenda to promote health
Saboga-Nunes, L., Sørensen,
K.,
literacy in all settings and
& Pelikan, J. M. -
Hermenêutica
Da
Literacia Em Saúde E Sua
Avaliação Em Portugal
(HLS- EU-PT).
2014
policies, by the means of the
salutogenic model through the
sense of coherence
Methods
over the Portuguese cultural
Results
Type of
study: Cross-
descriptive
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53% of participants have limited Health
sectional
Literacy. From this percentage, 16%
study.
Population:
have
People with 15 or moreyears.
HLS-EU-PT.
an
inadequate level and 38%
have a problematic level.
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The results confirm a strong association
between Health
operationalization
• Discuss and gather consensus
Instrument
N: 750 respondents
socioeconomic
from Portugal.
determinants.
Literacy
and
and demographic
validation of the HLS-EU
instrument.
Source: Saboga-Nunes, L., Sørensen, K., & Pelikan, J. M. (2014). Hermenêutica da Literacia em Saúde e sua avaliação em Portugal (HLS-EU-PT). in 40 anos de democracia(s):
progressos, contradições e prospectivas.
Atas do VIII Congresso Português de Sociologia, Lisboa: Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia, 1-15
“Literacia em Saúde: Resultados obtidos a partir de uma amostra de
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pessoas idosas portuguesas.”
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Authors/Title
Year
Objectives
Methods
Instrument
Results
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Type of study:
Serrão,
C.,
Veiga,
S.,
Vieira, I. - Liter acia
a partir de uma amostra
pessoas
portuguesas.
health literacy
em
saúde: Resultados obtidos
de
To evaluate the degree of
&
idosas
2015
sample
as
well
of
as
association
degree
on
a
elderly people,
knowing
between
and
Cross-
(80%) showed a level of low
descriptive
health
sectional
study.
the Population:
this Adults over 65 years of age.
socio-
The majority of the participants
literacy, meaning
that
only 20% of respondents will be
able
NewestVital Sign (NVS).
to
interpret
effectively

written
and
use
information
related with health.
Sex,
educational
attainment,
demographic characteristics N:433people.
age and marital status proved
of the participants.
to
be
variables that
affect
significantly the level of health
literacy of participants.
Source: Serrão, C., Veiga, S., & Vieira, I. (2015). Literacia em saúde: Resultados obtidos a partir de uma amostra de pessoas idosas portuguesas. Revista Portuguesa de
Enfermagem de Saúde Mental, 2 (SPE2), 33–38.
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Final remarks
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Results from these 3 studies showed that health literacy seems to be a problem in Portugal.
In Portugal studies of health literacy are scarce. The study of this variable is a recent concern in our country.
Moreover, the few studies that have been developed on this subject are focused on young people.
Knowing that Portugal is one of the European countries with a greater number of elderly and sick people, it is
urgent to identify health literacy of this population so that it will be possible to define effective interventions
and adjusted to the real needs of them.
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Thank youfor your attention!
SaraBarros, 2016