Applying Health Literacy to WOC Nursing

In this episode of WOCTalk we sit down with Madeline Cafiero, EdD, FNP-BC, CWOCN, to discuss health literacy as it relates to wound, ostomy, and continence (WOC) nursing and patients. Dr. Cafiero helps define the types of health literacy, overviews health literacy strategies, explains factors that impact low health literacy, and more! Episode Resources:Click here to read the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) health literacy definitionClick here to read the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Literacy definitionClick here to read the World Health Organization (WHO) health literacy definitionClick here to access AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions ToolkitClick here to access a health literacy slide presentation by Rima Rudd from Harvard UniversityClick here to access the Health Literacy Tool ShedClick here to access Pacific University LibGuides on health literacyClick here to read Dr. Cafiero’s article “Nurse Practitioners' Knowledge, Experience, and Intention to Use Health Literacy Strategies in Clinical Practice” in the Journal of Health Communication