TY - JOUR
T1 - Community based health literacy interventions in India
T2 - A scoping review
AU - Mathias, Edlin Glane
AU - Dhyani, Vijay Shree
AU - Krishnan, Jisha B.
AU - Rani, Usha
AU - Gudi, Nachiket
AU - Pattanshetty, Sanjay
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests:Nachiket Gudi reports article publishing charges was provided by Prasanna School of Public Health. Nachiket Gudi reports a relationship with Prasanna School of Public Health that includes: employment.The authors would like to thank Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal for providing institutional and administrative support in conducting this review.
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© 2023
PY - 2023/7/1
Y1 - 2023/7/1
N2 - Background: Low levels of Health Literacy (HL) are a global concern as it is unrecognized and widespread. The objective of this review was to identify various community interventions that improved HL rates among the Indian population and to document their health outcomes as reported. Methods: The scoping review was guided by Arskey and O'Malley scoping review methodology. The search was conducted in six databases. Articles were screened at title-abstract and full-text and data was abstracted by two individuals independently. The review was reported according to the (PRISMA- ScR). Intervention data was captured according to the TiDER checklist. Results: A total of nine studies were included from the searches conducted in databases. Of these, five focused on the change in behaviour and four identified the importance of education in improving HL among people in the community. The interventions included: traditional interventions, art-based interventions, interactive learning-based interventions, and technology-based interventions. Conclusion: There are few community-based interventions to improve the health literacy of the population. It is essential to empower communities in making well-informed health decisions. It is important to include healthcare workers in designing and implementing health literacy interventions to improve the outcomes.
AB - Background: Low levels of Health Literacy (HL) are a global concern as it is unrecognized and widespread. The objective of this review was to identify various community interventions that improved HL rates among the Indian population and to document their health outcomes as reported. Methods: The scoping review was guided by Arskey and O'Malley scoping review methodology. The search was conducted in six databases. Articles were screened at title-abstract and full-text and data was abstracted by two individuals independently. The review was reported according to the (PRISMA- ScR). Intervention data was captured according to the TiDER checklist. Results: A total of nine studies were included from the searches conducted in databases. Of these, five focused on the change in behaviour and four identified the importance of education in improving HL among people in the community. The interventions included: traditional interventions, art-based interventions, interactive learning-based interventions, and technology-based interventions. Conclusion: There are few community-based interventions to improve the health literacy of the population. It is essential to empower communities in making well-informed health decisions. It is important to include healthcare workers in designing and implementing health literacy interventions to improve the outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cegh.2023.101310
DO - 10.1016/j.cegh.2023.101310
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85160427948
SN - 2213-3984
VL - 22
JO - Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
JF - Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
M1 - 101310
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