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Tobacco Use and Health Insurance Literacy Among Vulnerable Populations: Implications for Health Reform [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions of Americans have been enrolling in the health insurance marketplaces. Nearly 20% of them are tobacco users.
Barnes, Andrew J., Braun, Robert T, Hanoch, Yaniv   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Health literacy: impact on the health of HIV-infected individuals. [PDF]

, 2013
Health literacy is known to affect vulnerable communities such as persons living with HIV/AIDS. The purpose of this review was to provide a current summary of research on the impact of health literacy on the health of persons living with HIV/AIDS and to ...
McCoy, Katryna, Ownby, Raymond L, Waldrop-Valverde, Drenna, Wawrzyniak, Andrew J   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The Concept Of Health Literacy In Health Promotion

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2017
Marta Estera Kowalska, Paweł Kalinowski, Urszula Bojakowska. Koncepcja alfabetyzmu zdrowotnego w promocji zdrowia The concept of health literacy in health promotion. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(9):394-402. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1001789 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4932
Paweł Kalinowski, Marta Estera Kowalska, Urszula Bojakowska   +2 more
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Essential Updates 2023/2024: Recent Advances of Multimodal Approach in Patients for Gastric Cancer

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gastric cancer remains a major global health burden, especially in East Asia. Recent years have brought significant advances in multimodal management, including surgery, perioperative chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and supportive care. This review summarizes key updates from 2023 to 2024, focusing on surgical innovations, perioperative systemic ...
Katsutoshi Shoda, Yoshihiko Kawaguchi, Suguru Maruyama, Daisuke Ichikawa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Co‐Designing a Framework for Social Media Health Communication to Young People: A Participatory Research Study

Health Expectations
Background Social media became a key communication channel for public health agencies during the COVID‐19 pandemic, especially for reaching younger populations less engaged with traditional channels.
Melody Taba, Julie Ayre, Kirsten McCaffery, Diana Vassilenko, Ivan C. K. Ma, Tara Haynes, Julie Leask, Andrew Wilson, Carissa Bonner   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

How readable are Australian multilingual diabetes patient education materials? An evaluation of national English-language source texts

Public Health Research & Practice, 2020
Objective: Multilingual patient education materials (PEMs) in Australia are normally prepared initially in English (source text) and then translated into other languages.
Shanshan Lin, Julie Ayre, Danielle M Muscat   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Information to fight the flab: findings from the Net.Weight study [PDF]

, 2009
The purpose of the paper is to examine information use and information literacy in the context of weight management. It reports on a two-year study funded by the Department of Health known informally as the Net.Weight Study.
Carlin, Leslie, Guy, Elizabeth. S, Henwood, Flis, Marshall, Audrey, Sinozic, Tania, Smith, Helen   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Digital health literacy and online information seeking in times of COVID-19. A cross-sectional survey among university students in Germany.

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020
BACKGROUND Digital communication technologies play an important role in governments' and public health authorities' health communication strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
K. Dadaczynski, O. Okan, M. Messer, A. Leung, R. Rosário, E. Darlington, K. Rathmann   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A community‐partnered process for construct & measure development: The 3Rs: Reading, Racial equity, & Relationships

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper describes a 3‐year community–partnered research initiative focused on advancing early reading, racial equity, and relationships—collectively known as the 3Rs Initiative. The project brought together researchers and community members committed to ensuring that all adults in the county embody a shared “3Rs mindset” to better support ...
Shannon B. Wanless, Meghan C. Orman, Shallegra Moye, Caitlin F. Spear   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parents' WhatsApp coping resources in the context of ongoing political conflicts: An ecological exploration

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Mobile technologies have become significant resources for crisis communication and social support in recent years. However, despite empirical evidence pointing to the centrality of these technologies for parenthood in everyday life, it is yet unknown how parents' coping resources play a role in the digital environment.
Daphna Yeshua‐Katz, Stav Shapira, Orna Braun‐Lewensohn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source