Bibliography Project Help for Nursing: Annotated Bibliography on Health Literacy and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

This annotated bibliography provides information on the effectiveness of health literacy interventions targeting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It includes articles on the prevalence of health literacy among this population, the impact of health literacy on healthcare outcomes, and interventions to improve health literacy. Nursing staff's role in improving health literacy is also discussed.

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Table of Contents
ANNOTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 1....................................................................................................3
ANNOTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2....................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

ANNOTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 1
Here, PubMed is used as the search strategy which is productive and includes some search
terms like health, health literacy, health outcomes, intervention etc. Here, year of range used is
2012 to 2022. There is inclusion of Australian Community and health literacy. There is exclusion
of general population.
Understanding health talk in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary healthcare
service: A cross-sectional study (2016), [Online] Available through
<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317433162_Understanding_health_talk_in_an_urban
_Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_primary_healthcare_service_A_cross-sectional_study>
This article has the aim to determine the prevalence about the health literacy among
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patient. It also helps to understand about the health literacy
which can have high impact on the delivery of effective primary healthcare services to the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This can help to provide the importance of health
literacy to improve healthcare services and treatment to Australian people (Bánfai-Csonka et. al.,
(2020)).
Here, article includes the understanding about the effectiveness of communication with
service provider which can help to get better care and service delivery to patient of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander. Here, main argument is about taking related with health which can
allow to understand the effectiveness of communication which can be helpful in delivery of
better and effective response towards better health outcomes. It also includes that there is highly
effectiveness of health literacy which can allow to improve the healthcare service delivery and
improve to deliver better health outcomes (Armour et. al., (2021)). This article has the strength
about previous data which include the benefits of health talk which leads to create high impact
on the healthcare service delivery and help to identify the effectiveness with positive outcomes.
This study has the limitation where participants are selected on the basis of English speaking
which can create limitation in the accuracy of information. This can impact the understanding
that this article includes the people who are English speaking and those with other language
should also have information about the health which should be considered for better outcomes.
Health literacy have high impact on the service delivery which have high positive health
outcomes and reduce the negative health impact (Kemp et. al., (2021)).

In this, there is need to provide high benefits to healthcare professional along with
nursing staff which can enable them to delivery and understand about effective delivery of
healthcare services. This can include proper care services which are associated with taking care
of patient and through improving the literacy it can enable them to delivery better quality of
services and influence to avoid the risk of disease. Here, nursing staff should ensure to maintain
patient respect and dignity which can includes the collaborative working and maintain patient
trust through safe along with competent care (Stanzel et. al., (2021)).
ANNOTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2
Here, PubMed search strategy has been used which is productive along with it includes
some search terms like health outcomes, health, intervention, health literacy, etc. Here, year of
range used for the research is 2012 to 2022. There is inclusion of Australian Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people and health literacy.
Interventions to improve health literacy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Peoples: a systematic review (2021) [Online] Available through
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-021-10278-x
This article has the aim to provide knowledge and understanding about the effectiveness
of health literacy interventions which can target the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
This can allow include the effectiveness of the health literacy which help people to improve their
learning about decision making regarding their health (Zheng et. al., (2018)).
Health literacy is highly effective and provide better health outcome in managing and
addressing individual health which can help in improving the health outcomes. There is an
argument that through improving the health literacy, it can help Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people to develop better and effective response towards the delivery of better and
effective decision making and help to avoid various risk to health. This also includes the learning
and understanding about the better outcomes through the health literacy. This article provides the
information about the effectiveness of the health literacy that can play an important role in
dealing with better and effective response towards the healthcare outcomes. This include the
qualitative research method which allow to improve the knowledge and understanding about the
effectiveness of the health literature (Huang et. al., (2018)). This article has the strength to
provide wide range of health literacy which can influence the way to improve the broader the

studies through using the search of database through describing health literacy outcomes. This
article includes the limitation about the statistical data which does not include the evidence of
effectiveness regarding the health improvement through health literacy. Through this article it
helps to get better understanding about the effectiveness of the health literacy which help to
provide better outcomes to get better health outcomes (Bjørnsen et. al., (2019)).
This article includes the nursing practice where nurses are able to share the health related
information with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that can help them to get
information and about making good decision for their health. This can enable them to use those
health literacies to improve their health and avoid any risk to health. Here, nursing staff should
also be having health literacy which uses by them to make appropriate decision making to
deliver their healthcare services to patient for their better and improved health. They should also
take care of maintain dignity and respect of patient while service delivery and includes
effectiveness of response towards health outcomes. There should also include the ethical code
where confidentiality and privacy should be respected appropriately (Tekin, (2018))
.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Armour, M., Hyman, M. S., Al-Dabbas, M., Parry, K., Ferfolja, T., Curry, C., ... & Holmes, K.
(2021). Menstrual health literacy and management strategies in young women in
Australia: a National Online Survey of young women aged 13-25 Years. Journal of
pediatric and adolescent gynecology, 34(2), 135-143.
Bánfai-Csonka, H., Bánfai, B., Jeges, S., Gyebnár, B., & Betlehem, J. (2020). Health literacy
among participants from neighbourhoods with different socio-economic statuses in the
southern region of Hungary: a pilot study. BMC Public Health, 20(1), 1-8.
Bjørnsen, H. N., Espnes, G. A., Eilertsen, M. E. B., Ringdal, R., & Moksnes, U. K. (2019). The
relationship between positive mental health literacy and mental well-being among
adolescents: implications for school health services. The Journal of School
Nursing, 35(2), 107-116.
Huang, C. H., Lai, Y. C., Lee, Y. C., Teong, X. T., Kuzuya, M., & Kuo, K. M. (2018). Impact of
health literacy on frailty among community-dwelling seniors. Journal of Clinical
Medicine, 7(12), 481.
Kemp, E., Trigg, J., Beatty, L., Christensen, C., Dhillon, H. M., Maeder, A., ... & Koczwara, B.
(2021). Health literacy, digital health literacy and the implementation of digital health
technologies in cancer care: the need for a strategic approach. Health Promotion Journal
of Australia, 32, 104-114.
Stanzel, K. A., Hammarberg, K., & Fisher, J. (2021). ‘Not everybody is an internet person’:
Barriers for menopause‐related health literacy among immigrant women from the Horn
of Africa nations. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32, 61-68.
Tekin, P. Ş. (2018). Health Literacy: An Overview of The Medical Secretarial Training in
Turkey. International Journal of Research-Granthaalayah, 6(9), 79-92.
Zheng, M., Jin, H., Shi, N., Duan, C., Wang, D., Yu, X., & Li, X. (2018). The relationship
between health literacy and quality of life: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Health
and quality of life outcomes, 16(1), 1-10.