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Learning Objective 1: Describe health literacy statistics and its potential impact on diabetes outcomes.
Learning Objective 2: Describe a Plain Language approach to printed patient education materials to increase readability.
While poor health literacy skills are evident in many countries, a large proportion of U.S. adults have limited skills and are unable to read a nutrition or medication label.2 Similarly, a recent study evaluating U.S. adolescent health literacy found that 46% were reading below grade level. 3
Most printed diabetes materials are for adults and fail to address the needs of adolescents. Published pediatric materials do not include curriculum content identified in the national standards for diabetes self- management education by the American Diabetes Association.4 There is a need for printed pediatric type 2 education materials for adolescents.
This project was creative in both approach and output. Materials were designed to be developmentally and culturally relevant, written in plain language, and to meet national standards. Parents and adolescents participated in the review of drafts and provided input into content. The newly developed pediatric type 2 education materials will be presented.
Wild, S. et. al. (2004). Global prevalence of diabetes. Diabetes Care, 1047-1053.
Yin, et al. (2009). The health literacy of parents in the United States: a nationally representative study. Pediatrics, 124 suppl, S289-S298.
Davis, T.C., et al. (2006). Development and validation of the rapid estimate of adolescent literacy in medicine. Pediatrics, 118, 1707-1714.
Funnell, et al. (2010). National standards for diabetes self management education. Diabetes Care, 33, S89-S96.