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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 disparities in COVID-19–related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours in Australia

Public Health Research & Practice, 2020
Objectives: To explore the variation in understanding of, attitudes towards, and uptake of, health advice on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the 2020 pandemic stage 3 restrictions (‘lockdown’) by health literacy in the Australian population.
Kirsten J McCaffery, Rachael H Dodd , Erin Cvejic , Julie Ayre, Carys Batcup , Jennifer MJ Isautier, Tessa Copp, Carissa Bonner, Kristen Pickles, Brooke Nickel, Thomas Dakin, Samuel Cornell, Michael S Wolf   +12 more
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Differences in health literacy domains among migrants and their descendants in Germany

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundHealth literacy (HL) is considered to be an important precondition for health. HL research often identifies migrants as vulnerable for low HL.
Eva-Maria Berens, Julia Klinger, Julia Klinger, Sarah Carol, Doris Schaeffer   +4 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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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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New Perspectives on Picture Books [PDF]

Athens Journal of Education, 2017
The use of picture books has been illuminated as a potential to address important topics such as STEM, fluency, and social justice. Unique genres such as hybrid texts and wordless picture books are also worth considering for instruction.
Lisa Ciecierski, James Nageldinger, William P. Bintz, Sara D. Moore   +3 more
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A theory-based self-report measure of health literacy: The Calgary Charter on Health Literacy scale

Methodological Innovations, 2018
We set out to test a theory-based measure of health literacy. To do so, we included the newly developed Calgary Charter on Health Literacy scale in Pre- and Post-evaluation of the Life Enhancement Program at multiple sites. The program focusing on health
Andrew Pleasant, Caitlin Maish, Catina O’Leary, Richard H Carmona   +3 more
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Aging and Health Literacy [PDF]

Journal of Consumer Health On the Internet, 2014
A recent study comparing older adults' health literacy skills with their satisfaction with health care providers' communication efforts did not find a correlation between the two measures. However, the results were interesting, including the fact that almost 40 percent of participants experienced moderate to severe difficulties in understanding ...
KAY H. SMITH, MARY E. NOLAN, AMY KNEHANS
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Nothing about me without me: why an EU health literacy strategy embracing the role of citizens and patients is needed

Archives of Public Health, 2019
As a multi-faceted concept, health literacy concerns the capacities of people to meet the complex demands of health in a modern society, starting with basic skills and ending with active citizenship.
Alexander Roediger, Kaisa Immonen-Charalambous, Markus Kujawa, Kristine Sørensen   +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.
Chang, Michelle E., Baker, Samantha J., Dos Santos Marques, Isabel C., Liwo, Amandiy N., Chung, Sebastian K., Richman, Joshua S., Knight, Sara J., Fouad, Mona N., Gakumo, C. Ann, Davis, Terry C., Chu, Daniel I.   +10 more
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