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The Challenge of Shared Decision Making Among Patients With Lower Literacy: A Framework for Research and Development

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kirstenm{at}health.usyd.edu.au.

	Abstract

There have been major advances in techniques to increase patient involvement in health decisions with the benefits of greater involvement and shared decision making now widely recognized. However, there has been little attention in the development of tools and strategies to support patient participation among adults with lower literacy, a group with poor health knowledge, limited involvement in health decisions, and poor health outcomes. The authors put forward a framework to consider the different stages of shared health decision making and the tasks and skills required to achieve each stage. They consider where current research exists in the decision making literature and where more is needed if adults with limited literacy are to be better engaged in shared decision making in health care.

First published on August 19, 2009
Medical Decision Making 2009, doi:10.1177/0272989X09342279


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