Reducing the Burden of CKD among Latinx

Abstract

The American Medical Association defines health literacy (HL) as ‘the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information needed to make appropriate health decisions’ [1]. Identifying a clear relationship between HL and outcomes is important because it may enable health professionals to mitigate the effects of low health literacy (LHL) by clearer communication and reduction of complex care instructions. At routine office consultations, patients may simultaneously receive a variety of lifestyle and therapeutic instructions and many patients with inadequate literacy have difficulty assimilating all this information.