A Mixed-Methods Study of Immigrant Somali Women's Health Literacy and Perinatal Experiences in Maine

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 790-790
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Mixed Methods Study

A Mixed‐Methods Study of Immigrant Somali Women's Health Literacy and Perinatal Experiences in Maine

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 593-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan D. Jacoby ◽  
Monique Lucarelli ◽  
Fowsia Musse ◽  
Ashok Krishnamurthy ◽  
Vince Salyers
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Mixed Methods Study

scholarly journals Development and validity testing of the Adolescent Health Literacy Questionnaire (AHLQ): Protocol for a mixed methods study within the Irish school setting

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. e039920
Author(s):  
Ailbhe Spillane ◽  
Sarahjane Belton ◽  
Clare McDermott ◽  
Johann Issartel ◽  
Richard H Osborne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Young People ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Advisory Panel ◽  
Validity Testing

IntroductionHealth literacy research has focused predominantly on the adult population, and much less is understood about this concept from an adolescent perspective. The tools currently available to measure adolescent health literacy have been adapted from adult versions. This limits their applicability to young people because of the developmental characteristics that impact on adolescents’ behaviour, including impulse control and judgement skills. This protocol describes the intended development and validity testing of a questionnaire to measure health literacy in adolescents.Methods and analysisThis protocol describes this mixed methods study that has three phases: the first phase will involve grounded research with adolescents using qualitative group interviews, co-design and concept mapping workshops to understand what health and healthy behaviours mean to adolescents and to explore their health literacy needs and the potential domains for the questionnaire. The draft health literacy domains identified will be presented to the youth advisory panel, and the questionnaire will be altered based on their feedback. Cognitive pretesting of the questionnaire items will also be conducted. Phase 2 will involve piloting the questionnaire to a two-stage random sample of young people in five urban and rural schools in Ireland. Test–retest reliability will be conducted using Pearson correlation coefficient. Confirmatory factor analysis will also be conducted to analyse the psychometric properties of the questionnaire. Phase 3 will involve the questionnaire being rolled out to a nationally representative sample of adolescents (n=6052) in Ireland to assess their levels of health literacy.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval to conduct this study has been granted from the University College Dublin Human Research Ethics Committee – Sciences (LS-20–08). Informed assent from adolescents and informed consent from parents/guardians will be sought. The findings of this research will be disseminated at national and international conferences, as well as through publication in peer-reviewed journals.

scholarly journals The impact of self-efficacy and health literacy on outcome after bariatric surgery in Sweden: a protocol for a prospective, longitudinal mixed-methods study

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. e027272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Jaensson ◽  
Karuna Dahlberg ◽  
Ulrica Nilsson ◽  
Erik Stenberg
Keyword(s):  
Bariatric Surgery ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal ◽  
The Impact

IntroductionA person-centred approach, to know about a person’s individual weaknesses and strengths, is warranted in today’s healthcare in Sweden. When a person suffers from obesity, there are not only risks for comorbidities but also increased risk for decreased health-related quality of life (HRQoL). After bariatric surgery, there are also risks for complications; however, healthcare service expects the person to have sufficient ability to handle recovery after surgery. The need is to investigate how a person’s self-efficacy and health literacy(HL) skills are important to determine their effect on recovery as well as HRQoL after bariatric surgery. It can, involve the person in the care, improve shared decision-making, and perhaps decrease complications and readmissions.Method and analysisThis is a prospective, longitudinal mixed-methods study with the intent of including 700 patients from three bariatric centres in Sweden (phase 1); 20 patients will be included in a qualitative study (phase 2). Inclusion criteria will be age >17 years, scheduled primary bariatric surgery and ability to read and understand the Swedish language in speech and in writing. Inclusion criteria for the qualitative study will be patients who reported a low self-efficacy, with a selection to ensure maximum variation regarding age and gender. Before bariatric surgery patients will answer a questionnaire including 20 items. Valid and reliable instruments will be used to investigate general self-efficacy (10 items) and functional and communicative and critical HL (10 items). This data collection will then be merged with data from the Scandinavian Obesity Surgery Registry. Analysis will be performed 30 days, 1 year and 2 years after bariatric surgery. One year after bariatric surgery the qualitative study will be performed. The main outcomes are the impact of a person’s self-efficacy and HL on recovery after bariatric surgery.Ethics and disseminationThe study has received approval from the ethical review board in Uppsala, Sweden (number 2018/256). The study results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations to the scientific community and social media.

scholarly journals Health literacy in pressure injury: Findings from a mixed-methods study of community-based patients and carers

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa A. Durrant ◽  
James Taylor ◽  
Helen Thompson ◽  
Kim Usher ◽  
Debra Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Pressure Injury
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