OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (20): 2872-2876.

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Research status of health literacy assessment tools for caregivers at home and abroad

GU Sainan1,2, ZHAO Fang2, SUN Shanshan2, SHEN Lingling2, ZHU Aiyong2   

  1. 1. Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Shanghai 201203,China;
    2. School of Nursing and Health Management,Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences,Shanghai 201318,China
  • Received:2023-12-14 Revised:2024-04-08 Online:2024-10-15 Published:2026-03-17
  • Contact: ZHU Aiyong,Professor,E-mail:aiyongzhu@263.net

Abstract: Health literacy plays an important role in the care of disease caregivers. Given that caregivers are frequently involved in health decision-making,assisting in understanding information and promoting information exchange during the clinical period,it is essential to assess the health literacy of caregivers. This paper focuses on the connotation of caregivers' health literacy and the assessment tools of caregivers' health literacy at home and abroad,aiming to accurately measure caregivers' health literacy and make targeted health education for clinical workers in our country,thereby improving the health literacy level of caregivers themselves and caregivers.

Key words: Caregiver health literacy, Assessment tools, Research status

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