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Research progress on digital health literacy of older adults: A scoping review

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
With the rapid development of digital health today, the lack of digital health literacy in older adults is an urgent problem. It is crucial that older adults adapt to the digital reform in medical treatment, pension, health management, and other fields ...
Xinxin Wang, Wei Luan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Health Literacy in Context [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018
Health literacy has been defined and conceptualized in multiple ways, but almost all definitions have similar core elements describing the personal skills that enable individuals to obtain, understand, and use information to make decisions and take actions that will have an impact on their health. [...]
Don Nutbeam   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Understanding and Responding to Health Literacy as a Social Determinant of Health.

open access: yesAnnual Review of Public Health, 2020
Evidence of a social gradient in health literacy has been found in all reported national population surveys. Health literacy is a midstream determinant of health but not a panacea for health inequities created by the maldistribution of opportunity and ...
D. Nutbeam, J. Lloyd
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessing the Comprehensive Training Needs of Informal Caregivers of Cancer Patients: A Qualitative Study

open access: yesCurrent Oncology, 2023
Introduction: The increasing demand for cancer services is projected to overwhelm the cancer care system, leading to a potential shortfall in human resource capacity.
Janet Papadakos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coronavirus-Related Health Literacy: A Cross-Sectional Study in Adults during the COVID-19 Infodemic in Germany

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
There is an “infodemic” associated with the COVID-19 pandemic—an overabundance of valid and invalid information. Health literacy is the ability to access, understand, appraise, and apply health information, making it crucial for navigating coronavirus ...
Orkan Okan   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Adolescents’ self-efficacy and digital health literacy: a cross-sectional mixed methods study

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2022
The internet and social media are increasingly popular sources of health information for adolescents. Using online health information requires digital health literacy, consisting of literacy, analytical skills and personal capabilities such as self ...
Melody Taba   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Institutional improvements in readability of written informed consent forms sustained post-revised Common Rule

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2021
Obtaining informed consent is a fundamental and ethical practice within human subjects’ research. Informed consent forms (ICFs) include a large amount of information, much of which may be unfamiliar to research subjects, and the revised Common Rule ...
Alison Caballero   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

What is the meaning of health literacy? A systematic review and qualitative synthesis

open access: yesFamily Medicine and Community Health Journal, 2020
The objective of this review was to clarify what health literacy represents. A systematic review with qualitative syntheses was performed (CRD42017065149). Studies concerning health literacy in all settings were included.
Chenxi Liu   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Definitions and measurement of health literacy in health and medicine research: a systematic review

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2022
Objectives The way health literacy is understood (conceptualised) should be closely linked to how it is measured (operationalised). This study aimed to gain insights into how health literacy is defined and measured in current health literacy research and
K. Urstad   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Health literacy, health status, and healthcare utilization of Taiwanese adults: results from a national survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background Low health literacy is considered a worldwide health threat. The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence and socio-demographic covariates of low health literacy in Taiwanese adults and to investigate the relationships between health ...
A Jovic-Veanes   +34 more
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