TY - JOUR
T1 - Empowering communication
T2 - A community-based intervention for patients
AU - Tran, Anh N.
AU - Haidet, Paul
AU - Street, Richard L.
AU - O'Malley, Kimberly J.
AU - Martin, Frank
AU - Ashton, Carol M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge and thank all the individuals who served as facilitators for the community education forums: Tracie Collins, Wednesday Foster, Alicia Gladney, Howard Gordon, Paul Haidet, Kimberly J. O’Malley, Marsha Richardson, Barbara Sharf, Richard L. Street Jr., Maria Suarez-Almazor, LeChauncy Woodard, Darrell Zeno. A special thanks is also extended to all forum participants and to the organizations that served as forum host sites. This project was co-funded by grant number PO1 HS10876 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Center of Minority Health and Health Disparities and supported by the use of facilities at the Houston VA Medical Center. Dr. Haidet is supported by a career development award from the office of Research and Development, Health Services R&D Service, US Department of Veteran Affairs. The opinions and findings contained herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Veterans Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine, or Texas A&M University.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2004/1
Y1 - 2004/1
N2 - The "How to Talk to Your Doctor" community education forums operate under the assumption that information exchange and consumer involvement in healthcare can empower communities in need. We report on the development and preliminary evaluation of this community-based intervention designed to activate and enhance patients' communicative abilities in the medical encounter. We review evidence supporting the feasibility of and benefits that can be expected from improving patients' communication competency. Our intervention is simple and flexible so, therefore, can be portable to a large number of communities. Our preliminary evaluation suggests that the intervention is well-received and produces improved self-perceptions of communication competence across diverse settings and participants. We describe our intervention and its development and dissemination as a model for improving patients' communicative abilities through a community-based, active learner approach. By sharing our experiences, the barriers we encountered, and our ongoing efforts to improve patient communication in the medical encounter, we hope to empower patients to communicate better with their physicians.
AB - The "How to Talk to Your Doctor" community education forums operate under the assumption that information exchange and consumer involvement in healthcare can empower communities in need. We report on the development and preliminary evaluation of this community-based intervention designed to activate and enhance patients' communicative abilities in the medical encounter. We review evidence supporting the feasibility of and benefits that can be expected from improving patients' communication competency. Our intervention is simple and flexible so, therefore, can be portable to a large number of communities. Our preliminary evaluation suggests that the intervention is well-received and produces improved self-perceptions of communication competence across diverse settings and participants. We describe our intervention and its development and dissemination as a model for improving patients' communicative abilities through a community-based, active learner approach. By sharing our experiences, the barriers we encountered, and our ongoing efforts to improve patient communication in the medical encounter, we hope to empower patients to communicate better with their physicians.
KW - Community networks
KW - Cross-cultural comparison
KW - Patient-centered care patient activation
KW - Persuasive communication
KW - Physician-patient relations
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U2 - 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00002-8
DO - 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00002-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 14729298
AN - SCOPUS:0347091790
SN - 0738-3991
VL - 52
SP - 113
EP - 121
JO - Patient Education and Counseling
JF - Patient Education and Counseling
IS - 1
ER -