**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Patient Education** Most healthcare providers know that health literacy is a major barrier to positive health outcomes, but regardless of good intentions they continue to simply present health information rather than promote deep patient learning. With Dr. Melissa N. Stewart’s unique, research-driven approach,
The Art and Science of Patient Education for Health Literacy
helps you make the shift from simply
presenting
health information to activating
deep patient learning
. Revised and thoroughly updated from Dr. Stewart’s
Practical Patient Literacy: The MEDAGOGY Model
,
equips both students and healthcare providers with the skills needed to engage patients' brains in order to help them understand their conditions and promote long-lasting behavior change. Based on the neuroscience of learning, this groundbreaking book is packed with abundant tools to teach students and practitioners how to negotiate effectively with patients about what they will and won't do to maintain and improve their health. Equipped with enhanced levels of health literacy, your patients will better understand their illnesses and become their own best healthcare advocates.
UNIQUE! Focus on the author’s proven patient literacy model
applies a reliable methodology to promote patient health and reduce hospital readmissions.
Practical, patient-centered approach
emphasizes how to help patients formulate their own healthcare goals to promote their own health.
In-depth discussion of pedagogy and andragogy
introduces how these concepts can be used to teach different patients and accommodate their educational needs.
Case Studies
promote reader engagement and active learning.
Guidance on how to understand the patient’s emotional state and grieving process
helps you understand when and how to best communicate health information.
Handy tools such as the Patient Education Hierarchy, Informational Seasons, the PITS mode, and the UPP tool
add direction to individual and/or team patient education efforts.
UNIQUE! Research-driven approach
based on the latest findings in the neuroscience of learning.
NEW! Addresses the emergence of health literacy
as a crucial issue for the future of high-quality healthcare.
NEW! and UNIQUE! Incorporates the author's
Self-Activation Tool
to help patients activate their own learning.
NEW! Colorful design and numerous illustrations
NEW! Chapter-ending Key Points
provide a focused self-check for each chapter.
NEW! Broader focus on different health professions
provides information for a wide range of caregivers.