Journal article
Health Literacy Issues Among Women with Visual Impairments
Research in gerontological nursing, Vol.3(1), pp.49-60
01/01/2010
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20090731-01
PMCID: PMC2993757
PMID: 20128543
Abstract
The purpose of this secondary analysis using qualitative description was to explore health literacy using the health care experiences of women with permanent visual impairments (VIs). Interviews were analyzed from a sample of 15 community-dwelling women ages 44 to 79 with permanent VIs who had participated in a larger grounded theory study. The 15 women were interviewed twice; the audio-recorded interviews were then transcribed verbatim and analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Using the Institute of Medicine's definition of health literacy, the women's experiences were categorized into their ability to obtain, process, and understand health information. Their perceptions of the factors that influenced their health literacy were also explored. The women voiced that barriers to their ability to gain information in a format amenable to their processing skills, combined with barriers arising from health care providers' attitudes, undermined their ability to build health literacy capacity.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Health Literacy Issues Among Women with Visual Impairments
- Creators
- Tracie C. Harrison - The University of Texas at AustinMichael Mackert - Univ Texas Austin, Dept Advertising, Austin, TX 78701 USACasey Watkins - The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Research in gerontological nursing, Vol.3(1), pp.49-60
- DOI
- 10.3928/19404921-20090731-01
- PMID
- 20128543
- PMCID
- PMC2993757
- NLM abbreviation
- Res Gerontol Nurs
- ISSN
- 1940-4921
- eISSN
- 1938-2464
- Publisher
- Slack Inc
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- John A. Hartford/Atlantic Philanthropies Postdoctoral Fellowship in Gerontological Nursing P30 NRO05051 / Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984696570202771
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