Sentences with phrase «poor health literacy»

The event recognises that culturally diverse and Aboriginal communities are disproportionately impacted by viral hepatitis for a range of reasons including inadequate access to health services, poor health literacy, and broader socio - economic disadvantage.

Almost nowhere in any post-Budget announcements have we seen any reference to the most disadvantaged members of our community, and the impact that budget cuts will have on those who are already excluded from health services because of barriers such as poor access to primary health, lack of access to prevention programs, poor health literacy, and most of all, cost.

Associate Professor Barbara Nattabi from the Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health in Western Australia said there are many factors behind those figures, including: socioeconomic disadvantage, a younger and more mobile population, and poor health literacy.

«Statistics [show] a growing population of individuals that may have poor health literacy,» she says.»

Poor health literacy is a particular problem for elderly, ethnic minority, and socially disadvantaged people, all of whom are more likely to have chronic kidney disease.

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The Chavez approach — to raise taxes on oil companies and use a spike in energy prices to fund literacy and health programmes for the poor — prompted a hostile reaction from the Bush administration.

Materials that are written above a patient's health literacy level can contribute to poor management and outcomes.

These actions can contribute to health literacy and prevent trajectories toward poor health.

Low health literacy creates difficulties in communicating with clinicians, poses barriers in managing chronic illness, lessens the likelihood of receiving preventive care, heightens the possibility of experiencing serious medication errors, increased risk of hospitalization, and results in poorer quality of life.»

Michael Mercieca, CEO of Young Enterprise said: «Poor levels of financial literacy can prevent young people from fulfilling their potential and could lead to debt or unemployment, and have a detrimental impact on their mental health.

The goals included: narrowing the gap in literacy and numeracy achievement in primary schools and at GCSE; ensuring young people develop key strengths such as character and good mental health; narrowing the gulf in the numbers of youngsters continuing their education and training after GCSEs; and narrowing the gap between rich and poor students graduating from university.

Research has shown that vocabulary difficulties at a young age are associated with poor literacy, mental health, and employment outcomes in later life.

Because of this, they are likely to arrive at Canada's borders with no understanding of Canadian culture and law, little money, no employment, no housing, no literacy in English or French language, and in poor physical and mental health.

The clear social gradient associated with children's vocabulary, emerging literacy, well - being and behaviour is evident from birth to school entry.1 These trajectories track into adolescence and correspond to poorer educational attainment, income and health across the life course.2 — 10 Neuroimaging research extends the evidence for these suboptimal trajectories, showing that children raised in poverty from infancy are more likely to have delayed brain growth with smaller volumetric size of the regions particularly responsible for executive functioning and language.11 This evidence supports the need for further effort to redress inequities that arise from the impact of adversity during the potential developmental window of opportunity in early childhood.

Our findings add insight into the pathways linking early childhood adversity to poor adult wellbeing.29 Complementing past work that focused on physical health, 9 our findings provide information about links between ACEs and early childhood outcomes at the intersection of learning, behavior, and health.29 We found that ACEs experienced in early childhood were associated with poor foundational skills, such as language and literacy, that predispose individuals to low educational attainment and adult literacy, both of which are related to poor health.23, 30 — 33 Attention problems, social problems, and aggression were also associated with ACEs and also have the potential to interfere with children's educational experience given known associations between self - regulatory behavior and academic achievement.34, 35 Consistent with the original ACE study and subsequent research, we found that exposure to more ACEs was associated with more adverse outcomes, suggesting a dose — response association.3 — 8 In fact, experiencing ≥ 3 ACEs was associated with below - average performance or problems in every outcome examined.

Relative to children with no ACEs, children who experienced ACEs had increased odds of having below - average academic skills including poor literacy skills, as well as attention problems, social problems, and aggression, placing them at significant risk for poor school achievement, which is associated with poor health.23 Our study adds to the growing literature on adverse outcomes associated with ACEs3 — 9,24 — 28 by pointing to ACEs during early childhood as a risk factor for child academic and behavioral problems that have implications for education and health trajectories, as well as achievement gaps and health disparities.

The reasons are complex and include lifestyle factors such as poor diet and lack of exercise, poverty, and poor access to medical care and health literacy.

Psychosocial mediators such as history, relationships with mainstream services and connectedness may be key mediators of health for Indigenous Australians.1 Cultural values, poor health, and low socioeconomic status2 create a need for anti-smoking approaches to be tailored for Indigenous populations.3 The high overall rate of smoking in these communities potentially normalises smoking for individuals.4, 5 Low literacy levels and high rates of misuse of other substances are also associated with low rates of smoking cessation.6 Consequently, health services and health promotion programs should be specifically designed to meet the needs of this vulnerable population.

Introduction Australian Aboriginal children are more likely than non-Aboriginal children to have developmental vulnerability at school entry that tracks through to poorer literacy and numeracy outcomes and multiple social and health disadvantages in later life.