The assessment tools of organizational health literacy in medical institutions

10.30207/AHLA.202312.0015

Haiyan Fu；Jie Zhu；Yongbing L

assessment tools ； medical institutions ； Organizational Health Literacy

The Proceeding of the 9th AHLA International Health Literacy Conference: Health Literacy and Social Resilience

2023（2023 / 12 / 01）

16 - 16

英文

Background: Organizational health literacy is the capability of an organization to let individuals acquire, understand and use healthcare information and services, in order that an individual can make health policy for self or others. In 2021, the health literacy of Chinese citizens was only 25.4%, which was generally in a low health literacy state that had a negative impact on the overall health system. OHL evaluation tools for medical institutions played a positive role in assessing the complexity of the medical environment and improving the health literacy of residents. Thus, whether medical institutions have OHL has become an important factor for people to correctly access, judge and use a variety of health information and services. Objectives: To research and development localized OHL assessment tools for medical institutions in China. Method: In this study, we reviewed assessment tools of organizational health literacy in medical institutions. Results: This study review the application purpose, application scenarios, evaluation methods, evaluation content, evaluation indicators and application status of eight OHL assessment tools in medical institutions, in order to provide reference for the development, evaluation research and practice of OHL evaluation tools in medical institutions in China.