出版社：Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
摘要：Only 12% of the American adults are considered proficiently health literate. Limited health literacy is known to be associated with avoidance of seeking access to healthcare and poor adherence of healthcare instructions. While majority of the research of has been focused on the health literacy level of patients, nurses, and the physicians, few studies have focused on hospital CEOs. While hospital CEOs come with diverse educational backgrounds, Master of Health Services Administration (M.H.S.A) and Master of Health Administration (M.H.A) are known as programs that “groom” future leaders in healthcare. This is why this paper examines if M.H.S.A and M.H.A programs put much emphasis on health literacy. Descriptive analysis was done to examine top 5 ranked M.H.S.A and M.H.A programs’ vision, mission statements, and competency models and whether there was any mention of the word ‘health literacy.’ The result shows that none of the selected programs’ vision, mission statements, and competency models mentioned anything in regards to ‘health literacy.’ If programs fail to stress the importance of health literacy, future hospital CEOs will lack the knowledge regarding the importance of health literacy.
关键词：Health Literacy; Higher Education; Competency Models; Health Literacy in Master of Health Services Administration; Health Literacy in Master of Health Administration
