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Organizational Health Literacy: Review of Theories, Frameworks, Guides, and Implementation Issues.
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115 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Defining, assessing, and implementing organizational health literacy: barriers, facilitators, and tools - a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review and narrative synthesis of health literacy interventions among Spanish speaking populations in the United States.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Systematic review of health literacy champions: who, what and how?Health promotion international · 2023Pooled it
- Online Plain Language Tool and Health Information Quality: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
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- Compensatory network capital: negative and ambivalent ties in the conversion of health literacy into action.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- Health literacy reductionism: when individual deficits become the default explanation.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- Organisational health literacy in healthcare in Europe: a content analysis to explore stakeholders perspectives for supporting the adoption of effective strategies and interventions.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026Article
- Co-Creating Organisational Health Literacy: Formative Evaluation and Feasibility Testing of OHL-Act.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Associations Between Social Insurance Literacy and Perceived Justice and Perceived Fairness in a Work Disability Claim Setting.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Prevalence of patients with limited health literacy in rotator cuff tears and their experiences with care: a mixed-methods study.JSES international · 2026Article
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- Neurocognitive and Psychological Interventions for Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: A Consensus Statement From the Adult Congenital Heart Disease/Neuro 2024 Conference.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Article
- Opportunities and Challenges in the Care of Patients with Somatic Complaints and Patients with Additional Work-Related Anxiety-A Mixed Methods Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Development of a health literacy framework for primary health care service users in Qatar: a mixed methods study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Identifying the pathways to increased death literacy: Building a conceptual causal model through a mixed-methods pragmatic ESC-DAGs approach.Palliative care and social practice · 2026Article
- Cultural barriers to stunting prevention: a case study of the Baduy indigenous tribe in Indonesia.Frontiers in sociology · 2026Article
- The association between mental health literacy and positive coping strategies in junior high school students: evidence from a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Making non-emergent abnormal results actionable: a short-term longitudinal qualitative study in two hospital-affiliated health examination centers in China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
Organizational health literacy is described as an organization-wide effort to transform organization and delivery of care and services to make it easier for people to navigate, understand, and use information and services to take care of their health. Several health literacy guides have been developed to assist healthcare organizations with this effort, but their content has not been systematically reviewed to understand the scope and practical implications of this transformation. The objective of this study was to review (1) theories and frameworks that inform the concept of organizational health literacy, (2) the attributes of organizational health literacy as described in the guides, (3) the evidence for the effectiveness of the guides, and (4) the barriers and facilitators to implementing organizational health literacy. Drawing on a metanarrative review method, 48 publications were reviewed, of which 15 dealt with the theories and operational frameworks, 20 presented health literacy guides, and 13 addressed guided implementation of organizational health literacy. Seven theories and 9 operational frameworks have been identified. Six health literacy dimensions and 9 quality-improvement characteristics were reviewed for each health literacy guide. Evidence about the effectiveness of health literacy guides is limited at this time, but experiences with the guides were positive. Thirteen key barriers (conceived also as facilitators) were identified. Further development of organizational health literacy requires a strong and a clear connection between its vision and operationalization as an implementation strategy to patient-centered care. For many organizations, becoming health literate will require multiple, simultaneous, and radical changes. Organizational health literacy has to make sense from clinical and financial perspectives in order for organizations to embark on such transformative journey.
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