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A paucity of strategies for developing health literate organisations: A systematic review.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 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
- Systematic review of health literacy champions: who, what and how?Health promotion international · 2023Pooled it
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- Co-Creating Organisational Health Literacy: Formative Evaluation and Feasibility Testing of OHL-Act.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Identifying Dimensions of Organizational Health Literacy in Hospitals: A Scoping Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Review
- Organizational health literacy of schools in Germany: results of a cross-sectional study.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Care Providers' and Parents' Experiences with Implementing the Conversational Health Literacy Assessment Tool (CHAT)-Maternity-Care in the Netherlands: A Mixed Methods Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Findings From Performing an Organizational Health Literacy Assessment in Community-Based Health Organizations.Health literacy research and practice · 2025Article
- Readability of online and offline written health information: a protocol of a systematic review of systematic reviews.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Responding to health literacy of refugees in Australian primary health care settings: a qualitative study of barriers and potential solutions.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Health literacy and cultural responsiveness of primary health care systems and services in Australia: reflections from service providers, stakeholders, and people from refugee backgrounds.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Shifts in Diabetes Health Literacy Policy and Practice in Australia-Promoting Organisational Health Literacy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Integrating consumer perspectives into a large-scale health literacy audit of health information materials: learnings and next steps.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Embedding health literacy research and best practice within a socioeconomically and culturally diverse health service: A narrative case study and revised model of co-creation.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023Review
- Identifying Health Literacy Responsiveness Improvement Ideas in Danish Health Centers: Initial Testing of the OS! Approach.Health literacy research and practice · 2022Article
- A systematic scoping review of the literacy literature to develop a digital food and nutrition literacy model for low-income adults to make healthy choices in the online food retail ecosystem to reduce obesity risk.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022Article
- Level of Patient Health Literacy and Associated Factors Among Adult Admitted Patients at Public Hospitals of West Shoa Oromia, Ethiopia.Patient preference and adherence · 2022Article
- Outcomes and Critical Factors for Successful Implementation of Organizational Health Literacy Interventions: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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- Which criteria characterize a health literate health care organization? - a scoping review on organizational health literacy.BMC health services research · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionPeople with low health literacy are more likely to delay seeking care and experience adverse outcomes. While health literacy is the product of individuals' capacities, it is also affected by the complexities of the health care system. System-level changes are needed to align health care demands better with the public's skills and abilities. We aimed to identify the evidence base for effective strategies for creating health literate organisations.
methodsA systematic review and narrative synthesis of empirical studies was performed. Medline, Embase, PsychInfo and CINHAL databases were searched for empirical studies from OECD countries published from 2008 onwards, focusing on health literacy interventions at the organisational level. Analysis of the findings was informed by the National Academies' five-dimensional framework for the attributes of a health literate organisation, which include: organisational commitment, accessible education and technology infrastructure, augmented workforce, embedded policies and practices, and effective bidirectional communication.
resultsThe title and abstract of 867 records were screened according to the selection criteria, leading to full text review of 125 articles. Seven studies were identified in the peer review literature. Adapting health literacy guidelines and tools was the most common approach to addressing organisational health literacy.
conclusionWhile the use of health literacy tools proved important for raising awareness of health literacy issues within organisations, these tools were insufficient for generating the organisational changes necessary to improve organisational health literacy.
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