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Abstract

Background: Limited or low health literacy (HL) has been associated with poor health outcomes, including inadequate self-caring and preventive behaviors. A few studies have systematically summarized the effect of interventions to improve reproductive health and care in women with insufficient HL. The main objective of the study was to investigate health care promotion interventions and examine their effectiveness on women with inadequate HL through a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCT). Methods: RCTs and quasi-experimental studies that assessed HL interventions to improve reproductive health of women with low HL were included. The study protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42020137059). Results: Of the 292 records initially identified, a total of 6 articles were included for review. Five different HL screening tools were used. Four different interventions were included: educational intervention, communication skills, a multimedia interactive tool, and text adaptation to enhance reading comprehension. Not enough research practice has been conducted on the influence of interventions on HL, and thus, it is difficult to implement evidence-based interventions. Conclusions: Interventions aiming to benefit and improve HL should consider the complex web of intersectional determinants that end up shaping the opportunities of women to make optimal decisions regarding their health and care, and which may require attention to much more than clinical or service delivery factors.

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Title
Interventions to Improve Health among Reproductive-Age Women of Low Health Literacy: A Systematic Review
Author
Vila-Candel, Rafael 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Francisco Miguel Martínez-Arnau 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Juan María de la Cámara-de las Heras 3 ; Castro-Sánchez, Enrique 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Pérez-Ros, Pilar 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital Universitario de la Ribera, 46600 Valencia, Spain; [email protected]; Department of Nursing and Podiatry, Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain; [email protected] 
 Department of Physiotherapy, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain 
 Library Department, Hospital Universitario de la Ribera, FISABIO. Crta. Corbera km 1, 46600 Valencia, Spain; [email protected] 
 School of Health Sciences, University of London, London EC1V, UK; [email protected] 
 Department of Nursing and Podiatry, Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain; [email protected] 
First page
7405
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
1661-7827
e-ISSN
1660-4601
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2635373780
Copyright
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.