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Promoting Health Literacy [PDF]

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2004
This report reviews some of the extensive literature in health literacy, much of it focused on the intersection of low literacy and the understanding of basic health care information. Several articles describe methods for assessing health literacy as well as methods for assessing the readability of texts, although generally these latter have not been ...
Alexa T. McCray
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Cultural Literacy and Health

Epidemiology, 2002
Sometimes when a science notices a conceptual inadequacy in its discourse, the problem is not the rigor of its categories but the categories them? selves. When epidemiologists as much as say that they are embarrassed by the limitations of a long-employed concept such as race,1,2 this may be a hint that something more is needed than a better ...
John H. Kelleher
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Health literacy in COPD

International Journal of COPD, 2008
Nicola J Roberts, Ramesh Ghiassi, Martyn R PartridgeDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, NHLI at Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, UKAbstract: If patients are to participate fully in their care and in the management of a long term condition
Nicola J Roberts, Ramesh Ghiassi, Martyn R Partridge   +2 more
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Health Literacy and Cancer Communication [PDF]

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2002
Ruth Parker, Sam Harper
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Mental Health Literacy in Zurich: A First Measurement Attempt Using the General HLS-EU-Q47

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: Mental health literacy (MHL) promises to be an important factor for public health by enabling people to take responsibility for their own mental health.
Michael Schneider, Michael Schneider, Rebecca Jaks, Daniela Nowak-Flück, Dunja Nicca, Saskia Maria De Gani   +5 more
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Relation of corona-specific health literacy to use of and trust in information sources during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background COVID-19 has developed into a worldwide pandemic which was accompanied by an «infodemic» consisting of much false and misleading information. To cope with these new challenges, health literacy plays an essential role.
Saskia Maria De Gani, Fabian Marc Pascal Berger, Elena Guggiari, Rebecca Jaks   +3 more
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Health Literacy in Surgery [PDF]

HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2020
Background: Low health literacy is associated with poor health outcomes in many chronic diseases and may have an important role in determining surgical outcomes. This study aims to comprehensively review the current state of science on adult health literacy in surgery and to identify knowledge gaps for future research.
Amandiy Liwo, Michelle E. Chang, C. Ann Gakumo, Sebastian K. Chung, Isabel C. Dos Santos Marques, Sara J. Knight, Joshua S. Richman, Mona N. Fouad, Samantha J. Baker, Terry C. Davis, Daniel I. Chu   +10 more
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Behavioural change interventions encouraging clinicians to reduce carbon emissions in clinical activity: a systematic review

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Clinical activity accounts for 70–80% of the carbon footprint of healthcare. A critical component of reducing emissions is shifting clinical behaviour towards reducing, avoiding, or replacing carbon-intensive healthcare.
Carys Batcup, Matilde Breth-Petersen, Thomas Dakin, Alexandra Barratt, Forbes McGain, Ben R. Newell, Kristen Pickles   +6 more
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The health of rural Black communities during COVID: Some affirmations, some surprises

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Background and objectiveThere are overwhelming health disparities in the Deep South. It is important to include the voice of communities affected by these disparities when developing interventions. The goal of the current study was to develop an academic
Sharlene D. Newman, Sharlene D. Newman, Kimberly Moss, Melonie Pichon, Deborah Scott, Kileema Rogers, Angela Orr, Chuong Bui, Pamela Payne-Foster, Pamela Payne-Foster   +9 more
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Health literacy and health communication [PDF]

BioPsychoSocial Medicine, 2010
Health communication consists of interpersonal or mass communication activities focused on improving the health of individuals and populations. Skills in understanding and applying information about health issues are critical to this process and may have a substantial impact on health behaviors and health outcomes.
Takahiro Kiuchi, Hirono Ishikawa
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