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    Letramento em saúde: importância da avaliação em nefrologia
    (Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia, 2012-09-01) Santos, Luanda T. M.; Mansur, Henrique Novais; Paiva, Tatiane F. P. De Souza; Colugnati, Fernando Antonio Basile [UNIFESP]; Bastos, Marcus Gomes; UFJF; UCB; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP); UFJF Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Estudo, Pesquisa e Tratamento em Nefrologia; Fundação IMEPEN; UFJF Faculdade de Medicina Departamento de Clínica Médica; UFJF Programa de Saúde Brasileira
    Health literacy (HL) or basic reading and numeracy that allow an individual to function in the health care environment, is a relatively new topic, yet has increasingly been gaining interest over the past few years both in the research and policy agendas, particularly in the develop countries. Where studied, inadequate HL has been associated with poor health care quality and more cost. Yet many physicians do not recognize the problem or is not skilled enough to approach the subject with their patients. In this review, important aspects of HL, such as its epidemiology, associations with poor outcomes, assessment, determinants and interventions, particularly in nephrology, are discussed. Because it is common and associated to adverse clinical outcomes, inadequate HL should be incorporated into the list of assessments of patients with renal disease.