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Health literacy as a mediator of the relationship between socioeconomic status and health: A cross-sectional study in a population-based sample in Florence.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundHealth literacy(HL) has recently been proposed as a potential mediator in the pathway through which socio-economic status(SES) affects health. However, empirical research investigating the contribution of HL in this relationship remains scarce.
Vieri Lastrucci, Chiara Lorini, Saverio Caini, Florence Health Literacy Research Group, Guglielmo Bonaccorsi   +4 more
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Health literacy and public health: A systematic review and integration of definitions and models

BMC Public Health, 2012
BackgroundHealth literacy concerns the knowledge and competences of persons to meet the complex demands of health in modern society. Although its importance is increasingly recognised, there is no consensus about the definition of health literacy or ...
K. Sørensen, S. van den Broucke, James Fullam, G. Doyle, J. Pelikan, Z. Słońska, H. Brand   +6 more
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Associations of health literacy with socioeconomic position, health risk behavior, and health status: a large national population-based survey among Danish adults

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Health literacy concerns the ability of citizens to meet the complex demands of health in modern society. Data on the distribution of health literacy in general populations and how health literacy impacts health behavior and general health ...
M. Svendsen, C. K. Bak, K. Sørensen, J. Pelikan, S. Riddersholm, R. Skals, R. Mortensen, H. T. Maindal, H. Bøggild, Gitte Nielsen, C. Torp-Pedersen   +10 more
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Digital literacy as a new determinant of health: A scoping review

PLOS Digital Health, 2023
Introduction Harnessing new digital technologies can improve access to health care but can also widen the health divide for those with poor digital literacy. This scoping review aims to assess the current situation of low digital health literacy in terms
María del Pilar Arias López, Bradley Ong, Xavier Borrat Frigola, A. L. Fernandez, Rachel S Hicklent, A. J. T. Obeles, Aubrey M Rocimo, L. Celi   +7 more
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What is the meaning of health literacy? A systematic review and qualitative synthesis

Family Medicine and Community Health Journal, 2020
The objective of this review was to clarify what health literacy represents. A systematic review with qualitative syntheses was performed (CRD42017065149). Studies concerning health literacy in all settings were included.
Chenxi Liu, Dan Wang, Chaojie Liu, Junnan Jiang, Xuemei Wang, Haihong Chen, X. Ju, Xinping Zhang   +7 more
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Health Literacy in Portugal: Results of the Health Literacy Population Survey Project 2019–2021

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Health literacy entails the knowledge, motivation, and competencies to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information in order to make judgments and decisions in everyday life concerning health care, disease prevention, and health promotion ...
M. Arriaga, Rita Francisco, P. Nogueira, Jorge Oliveira, C. Silva, G. Câmara, Khristine Sørensen, C. Dietscher, A. Costa   +8 more
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Improving readability of informed consents for research at an academic medical institution

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2017
IntroductionThe final rule for the protection of human subjects requires that informed consent be “in language understandable to the subject” and mandates that “the informed consent must be organized in such a way that facilitates comprehension.” This ...
Kristie B. Hadden, Latrina Y. Prince, Tina D. Moore, Laura P. James, Jennifer R. Holland, Christopher R. Trudeau   +5 more
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Measuring health literacy: A systematic review and bibliometric analysis of instruments from 1993 to 2021

PLoS ONE, 2022
Background It has been about 30 years since the first health literacy instrument was developed. This study aimed to review all existing instruments to summarize the current knowledge on the development of existing measurement instruments and their ...
M. Tavousi, S. Mohammadi, J. Sadighi, F. Zarei, R. M. Kermani, R. Rostami, Ali Montazeri   +6 more
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Integrating consumer perspectives into a large-scale health literacy audit of health information materials: learnings and next steps

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Health information is less effective when it does not meet the health literacy needs of its consumers. For health organisations, assessing the appropriateness of their existing health information resources is a key step to addressing this ...
Julie Ayre, Carissa Bonner, Jemma Gonzalez, Teresa Vaccaro, Michael Cousins, Kirsten McCaffery, Danielle M. Muscat   +6 more
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Fear of COVID-19 Scale—Associations of Its Scores with Health Literacy and Health-Related Behaviors among Medical Students

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic causes fear, as its immediate consequences for the public have produced unprecedented challenges for the education and healthcare systems.
Hiep T Nguyen, B. N. Do, K. Pham, G. Kim, Hoa T B Dam, Trung T Nguyen, T. P. Nguyen, Yen H Nguyen, K. Sørensen, A. Pleasant, T. Duong   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source