Application: Health Information Patient Handout

One of the pivotal goals of consumer health literacy efforts is to design educational materials thatattract as well as educate users. In this Assignment, you design a health information document on a topic that is of interest to you.

To prepare:

·        Select a health issue of interest to you.

·        Identify the audience or population that you seek to educate about this issue.

·        Search the Internet to find credible sites containing information about your selected topic.

·        Review the two health literacy websites listed in this week’s Learning Resources. Focus on strategies for presenting information.

To complete:

·        Design an educational handout on the health issue you selected. (Childhood Obesity)

o   Include a cover page.

o   Include an introduction that provides:

§  An explanation of your issue and why you selected it

§  A description of the audience you are addressing

o   In the handout itself:

§  Develop your handout in such a way that it attracts the attention of the intended audience.

§  Include a description of the health issue and additional content that will enhance your message (i.e., key terms and definitions, graphics, illustrations, etc.).

§  Recommend four or five sites that provide clear, valuable, and reliable information on the topic.

Note: Remember to keep the information in your health handout and its design at the appropriate level for the audience you are seeking to inform. Submit your Assignment as a Word document.

Readings

·        McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2012). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge(Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.

o   Chapter 26, “Nursing Research: Data Collection, Processing, and Analysis”

The authors of this chapter relate nursing research to the foundation of knowledge model. The chapter assesses informatics tools for collecting data, storing information, and processing and analyzing data.

o   Chapter 27, “Translational Research: Generating Evidence for Practice”

In this chapter, the authors differentiate evidence-based practice and translation research. They also describe models used to introduce research findings intro practice.

·        Hynes, D. M., Weddle, T., Smith, N., Whittier, E., Atkins, D., & Francis, J. (2010). Use of health information technology to advance evidence-based care: Lessons from the VA QUERI program. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 25(Suppl. 1), S44–S49. 
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. 

This article presents a study that evaluated the role of health information technology (HIT) in the Department of Veteran Affairs’ Quality Enhancement Research Initiative. The authors convey their findings on how HIT provided data and information to aid implementation research, and how implementation research helped further HIT development. Additionally, the text details methods of overcoming common HIT barriers to implementation research.

·        Jamal, A., McKenzie, K., & Clark, M. (2009). The impact of health information technology on the quality of medical and health care: A systematic review. Health Information Management Journal, 38(3), 26–37. 
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. 

This text details a study that reviews the published evidence concerning the impact of health information technology (HIT) on the quality of health care. The study investigated the use of HIT in medical care and allied health and preventive services. The authors primarily focus on the impact of electronic health records, computerized provider order-entry, and decision support systems.

·        Umscheid, C. A., Williams, K., & Brennan, P. (2010). Hospital-based comparative effectiveness centers: Translating research into practice to improve the quality, safety and value of patient care.JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 25(12), 1,352–1,355. 
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

This article revolves around the usage of the hospital-based comparative effectiveness (CE) center model. The authors highlight the model’s benefits and the increasing usage of CE evidence. The article also reviews solutions to overcoming many of the challenges to operating hospital-based CE centers.