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Crofford Constable, Margaret. What you don't know can hurt you: the impact of food label interpretation training on health literacy. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-mfc3-4g66

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TitleWhat you don't know can hurt you: the impact of food label interpretation training on health literacy
NameCrofford Constable, Margaret (author); Heider, Gerti (chair); Rutgers University; School of Nursing - RBHS
Date Created2021
Other Date2021-05 (degree)
SubjectHealth literacy, Food labels, Nutrition labels, Newest Vital Sign (NVS) health literacy screening instrument, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Extent1 online resource (90 pages)
Description"Health literacy, defined as an individual’s capacity to obtain, process, and comprehend basic written or verbal health information" (Peerson & Saunders, 2009), is a critical element of nutrition and is essential in the prevention of chronic diseases. Purpose: Being able to understand nutritional information on food labels is an important factor of health literacy and is needed for consumers and patients to make informed food choices. Methodology: This study, consisted of a convenience sample of patients (n=31) who volunteered at primary care in central New Jersey, evaluated the effectiveness of an educational intervention designed to improve patient health literacy knowledge scores using the validated Newest Vital Sign (NVS) tool pre and post intervention.

Results: Pre intervention test scores showed that most participants were at risk for low health literacy. However, post intervention scores indicated significant improvements in health literacy scores.

Clinical Implications: Overall, education and information regarding how to correctly interpret food labels increased knowledge and substantially improved health literacy scores to patients at the site of this study.
NoteDNP
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-mfc3-4g66
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSchool of Nursing (RBHS) DNP Projects
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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