THE ROLE OF NURSES IN IMPROVING HEALTH LITERACY

Rad sadrži objašnjenja pojmova zdravlja, promocije zdravlja te komunikacije u zdravstvu. Posebno sam se osvrnula na zdravstveni odgoj i metode rada kojima medicinska sestra može poboljšati zdravstvenu pismenost stanovništva. Koncipiran je u nekoliko cjelina. U uvodu je opisan pojam zdravlja, promocije zdravlja, komunikacije u zdravstvu, zdravstvena pismenost te zdravstveni odgoj i metode zdravstvenog odgoja. Komunikaciji u zdravstvu sam dala posebno i značajno mjesto jer bez dobre komunikacije nema suradnje ni na jednom nivou. U rezultatima sam navela istraživanja u Europi i svijetu jer istraživanja u Hrvatskoj nisu provedena, osim jednog u KBC Rijeka čije sam rezultate navela. Posebno sam opisala ulogu medicinske sestre u poboljšanju zdravstvene pismenosti, ukazala na potrebu njene edukacije te značajnu ulogu medija u zdravstvenoj pismenosti.The work contains explanations of concepts of health, health promotion and communication in healthcare. I specifically referred to the health education and working methods that a nurse can improve t he health literacy of the population. The work is divided into several sections. The introduction describes the concept of health, health promotion, healthcare communication, health literacy, health education and methods of health education. I gave a special and important place to communication in health care because there is no cooperation at any level without good communication. I led researches in Europe and the world results, because studies have not been conducted in Croatia, but one in KBC Rijeka, whose results I stated. In particular I described the role of nurses in improving health literacy, pointed to the need of its education and the important role of the media in health literacy