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Health Literacy and Cardiovascular Knowledge Workshop in Women From Disadvantaged Communities

NCT03203018 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 407

Last updated 2019-01-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The current health literacy (HL) pilot intervention was designed through focus groups with women in low socio-economic status (SES) communities. The primary HL issue identified was communication challenges at doctors' visits. As a unique HL intervention tailored to the participants' preferences, this intervention can serve as a model for improving HL in similar communities worldwide.

Objectives include increasing the percentage of women who utilize patient-doctor communication skills and increasing their cardiovascular disease (CVD) knowledge. A unique HL intervention tailored to the participants' preferences was designed which consisted of three workshops conducted in municipality-sponsored women's groups in low SES Jerusalem communities. Questionnaires were completed before and three months after the intervention. The study answers the following: Can HL workshops improve patient-doctor communication skills and CVD knowledge in low SES women?

Conditions

  • Health Literacy
  • Communication

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Interactive workshop based on community specific needs

Intervention components will include lecture on women's CVD, workshop on how to prepare for a doctor's visit, patient's rights and patient-doctor communication skills, and a "know your numbers" workshop, including understanding blood test results.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hadassah Medical Organization

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Donna Zwas, MD, MPH · Hadassah Medical Organization

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-09-30
Primary Completion
2018-08-31
Completion
2018-08-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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