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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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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 +12 more
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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 as a public health goal: a challenge for contemporary health education and communication strategies into the 21st century [PDF]
, 2000 Don Nutbeam
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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 +2 more
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Frontiers Digit. Health, 2023 Digital communication tools have demonstrated significant potential to improve health literacy which ultimately leads to better health outcomes. In this article, we examine the power of digital communication tools such as mobile health apps, telemedicine
Patrick J. Fitzpatrick
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The roles of nurses in supporting health literacy: a scoping review
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 Introduction The importance of health literacy in achieving optimum health is highly significant, particularly in the nursing profession where it is an integral part of the roles and functions of nurses.
A. Wilandika, M. Pandin, Ah. Yusuf
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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 +3 more
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Impact of low health literacy on patients’ health outcomes: a multicenter cohort study
BMC Health Services Research, 2022 This study aims to assess the health literacy of medical patients admitted to hospitals and examine its correlation with patients’ emergency department visits, hospital readmissions, and durations of hospital stay. This prospective cohort study recruited
Rabia Shahid +5 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 +10 more
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