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The Value of Community Health Literacy Assessments: Health Literacy in Maryland
Public Health Reports®, 2021Objective Community health assessments have typically not measured health literacy at the community level. We developed the Community Health Literacy Assessment (CHLA) framework to describe county and regional health literacy activities, assets, gaps, and opportunities in Maryland.
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Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, 2013
This review discusses the concept and measurement of health literacy, with a focus on the care of patients with glaucoma.Nearly one-fourth of adults in the USA lack the skills needed to fully comprehend and act on verbal or written information in the healthcare environment.
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This review discusses the concept and measurement of health literacy, with a focus on the care of patients with glaucoma.Nearly one-fourth of adults in the USA lack the skills needed to fully comprehend and act on verbal or written information in the healthcare environment.
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American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2008
The U.S. National Literacy Act of 1991 defines literacy as “an individual’s ability to read, write, and speak English and compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job and in society, to achieve one’s goals and to develop one’s knowledge and ...
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The U.S. National Literacy Act of 1991 defines literacy as “an individual’s ability to read, write, and speak English and compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job and in society, to achieve one’s goals and to develop one’s knowledge and ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Measuring health literacy – the Swedish Functional Health Literacy scale
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 2014BackgroundThe benefits of health promotion efforts vary due to a complexity of reasons. One possible reason for an absence of effects is the level of functional health literacy among the individuals that participate in the interventions. Thus, valid and reliable instruments that capture these kinds of skills are needed.
Josefin M, Wångdahl +1 more
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Health Literacy as a Process: Caseworker Perspectives on HIV Health Literacy
Social Work in Public Health, 2015Health status and health literacy are interrelated. Previous research suggests that this relationship must be considered when providing services to HIV positive individuals. However, the pathways through which health literacy affects HIV remain unclear.
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The American Journal of Bioethics, 2007
Volandes and Paasche-Orlow (2007) cite convincing evidence that the lack of healthcare literacy leads to inequalities in healthcare access and healthcare outcomes.
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Volandes and Paasche-Orlow (2007) cite convincing evidence that the lack of healthcare literacy leads to inequalities in healthcare access and healthcare outcomes.
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The Nuances of Health Literacy, Nutrition Literacy, and Food Literacy
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2015Health literacy, defined as the ability to access, understand, and use health information, has been identified as an international public health goal. The term nutrition literacy has emerged as a distinct form of health literacy, yet scholars continue to reflect on constituent skills and capabilities in light of discussions regarding what it means to ...
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