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Evidence-based information on mammography screening in Austria--reality or more pie in the sky?
1Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Medical University Graz, Austria. eva.rasky@medunigraz.at
Introduction:
Health literacy is gaining increasing importance in prevention and health care. This is the case for patients and for health-care professionals. Information and risk communication should comply with defined criteria and strengthen health literacy as they are a prerequisite for informed decision making.
Methods:
In this study, we analyse the content of the printed information material (brochures and pamphlets) on mammography screening for consumers that were distributed in Austria in 2011.
Results:
The evaluation of the 11 brochures shows that the content does not comply with the prerequisites for informed decision making.
Conclusions:
Since the last study - published in 2004 - the situation has only slightly improved. The authors reemphasise the need for a targeted multimodal information campaign. This is particularly important as a systematic national mammography screening program in compliance with the guidelines of the European Commission will be introduced in Austria in 2013.
