July
2022
- Volume 16, Issue 2
Addressing
health literacy in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries:
An integrative review protocol to summarize the health literacy
landscape
J
Johnson (1)
F Khraim (1)
C Wolsey (1)
N Chowdhury (2)
M M H Raihan (2)
T C Turin (2)
(1) Faculty of Nursing, Univeristy of Calgary, Qatar
(2) Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine,
Uiversity of Calgary. Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Corresponding author:
J Johnson, RN PhD,
Faculty of Nursing, Univeristy of Calgary
Qatar
Email: jessie.johnson1@ucalgary.ca
Received: May 2022; Accepted: June 2022; Published: July 2022
Citation: Johnson J. et al. Addressing health literacy in
the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: An integrative
review protocol to summarize the health literacy landscape.
Middle East Journal of Nursing 2022; 16(2): 33-41. DOI: 10.5742/MEJN2021.9378025
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ABSTRACT
Introduction:
In the world of an ever-evolving face of healthcare practice
and policies, it is increasingly becoming more imperative
that the greater population is enabled to keep up with the
pace of changes and reforms in healthcare. However, to do
this, we need to ensure healthcare consumers can access, evaluate
and create change in a way that is meaningful and understandable
to them.
Objective: The aim of this integrative review is to
assess health literacy within the GCC countries in order to
provide a picture of the state of health literacy.
Method: An integrative review
using the Whittemore and Knafl framework was utilized in order
to review empirical studies will be undertaken. This study
will also look at grey literature in order to review the evidence
that is written about health literacy in the GCC countries.
Discussion: The results are
expected to provide a landscape of the current practice in
the GCC counties as well as to inform future practice related
to caregiving and the influence of health literacy on that
realm.
Keywords: Health Literacy,
GCC Countries, Review protocol, Health Literacy Landscape
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