Adults Living with Limited Literacy and Chronic Illness: Patient Education Experiences

Autor/inn/en	King, Judy; Taylor, Maurice C.
Titel	Adults Living with Limited Literacy and Chronic Illness: Patient Education Experiences
Quelle	In: Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 4 (2010) 1, S.24-33 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1934-2322
Schlagwörter	Patient Education; Chronic Illness; Adult Literacy; Phenomenology; Patients; Hermeneutics; Functional Literacy; Basic Skills; Foreign Countries; Adults; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Chronic disease; Chronische Krankheit; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Patient; Hermeneutik; Funktionale Kompetenz; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate how Canadian adults living with limited literacy and chronic illness made meaning of their patient education experiences. The study used a hermeneutic phenomenological research design and employed three data sources over a nine-month period. Data was interpreted and analyzed as it was collected, following common procedures for phenomenological studies. Five themes emerged from the data: roles and relationships, language and health care interactions, living between worlds, mismatched expectations, and powerlessness. Findings suggest that the participants transformed their understanding of their patient education experiences because their literacy abilities improved through work in their literacy classrooms. The article closes with a discussion of the implications of the study for adult literacy practitioners and policy makers. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Commission on Adult Basic Education and ProLiteracy America. 1320 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210. Tel: 315-422-9121; Web site: http://www.coabe.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10