Fig 1.
Healthcare journey in three stages with corresponding challenges*.
Table 1.
Background characteristics survey respondents.
Table 2.
Self-reported encounters with patients who have difficulties with specific HL skills (N = 396).
Table 3.
Frequencies in which healthcare providers encountered challenges with low health literate patients prior to a consultation*.
Table 4.
Challenges with low health literate patients during a consultation*.
Table 5.
Challenges with low health literate patients following a consultation*.
Table 6.
Used and recommended strategies, differentiated by type of challenge.
Fig 2.
Percentages of professionals expressing needs for low health literate support strategies, by type of challenge (responders n = 70–205).