Health Literacy and Training of Professionals – Volume 1

Digital

Examples of Best Practices at CHPVVC
Póvoa de Varzim Hospital Center – Vila do Conde

Scientific Coordination: Cristina Vaz de Almeida (PhD)
Editorial Coordination: I Layout and Photography: Communication and Image Office CHPVVC

Authors:
Preface: Nurse Isabel Rocha | Director Nurse

Scientific Framework
Literacy Organizations and the Promotion of Well-Being among Professionals and Patients
Professor Doctor Cristina Vaz de Almeida

Educate and Communicate Above All
Therapeutic education consultation and its importance in diabetes control – From necessity to results
Nurse Amaro Silva | Nurse Margarida Costa | Nurse Rosário Ferreira

Birth Plan
Birth plan: a contribution to maternal and obstetric health literacy
Nurse Irene Cerejeira | Nurse Albertina Carneiro

Anticipation of Care
Pre-Operative Nursing Visit (VEPO): A good health literacy practice
Nurse Fernando Santos | Nurse Paula Machado

Health Care
Promoting health literacy to improve the empowerment of the person with ostomy: Nurse Ana Cristina Gonçalves | Nurse Ana Filipa Machado | Nurse Gabriela Silva | Nurse Adelaide Costa | Nurse Natália Ferreira

Technologies at the Service of the Person
Hórus: A path to empower the health organization, the patient, and the community
Doctor Agostinha Cepeda | Doctor Ana Luísa Silva | Rute Costa

The Democratization of Health Information
Nurse Mónica Macedo | Nurse Carlos Silva

Contribution of new technologies to the Health Literacy of the patient and caregiver in the context of Home Hospitalization Nurse Maria José Santos | Nurse Cecília Oliveira

Hospital Discharge
Benefits of Health Literacy in Empowerment after Hospital Discharge
The trust relationship of the nurse with the patient and the caregiver: Nurse Goretti Oliveira | Nurse Glória Almeida

The End of Life
Communication in Palliative Care: steps towards greater humanization and health literacy for the person at the end of
life and their caregiver
Doctor Eunice Schacht | Doctor Evangelina Dias | Doctor Francisca Cunha | Doctor Joana Gonçalves | Nurse Maria Antónia Rodrigues | Doctor Luís Milheiro da Costa | Doctor Paula Maria Lopes da Silva | Nurse Zulmira Peixoto

Year of publication: July 16, 2021
Publisher: Póvoa de Varzim Hospital Center – Vila do Conde EPE - Training Office (FORM)
ISBN: 9789893320693
ISBN: 9789899151185 (digital)

Also available Health Literacy, an Emerging Challenge – Volume 2 (digital)