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Health literacy in Suriname [PDF]

Social Work in Health Care, 2017
Low health literacy is an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality. However, data on health literacy in low- and middle-income countries are scarce. Therefore, we assessed the level of health literacy in Suriname, a middle-income country with a high cardiovascular mortality.We estimated health literacy in a convenience sample at an urban ...
Diemer, Frederieke S., Haan, Yentl C., Nannan Panday, Rani V., van Montfrans, Gert A., Oehlers, Glenn P., Brewster, Lizzy M.   +5 more
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Health Literacy in Orthopaedics

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2023
Health literacy is a dynamic, multifaceted skill set that relies on patients, healthcare providers, and the healthcare system. In addition, health literacy assessment provides an avenue for evaluating patient understanding and offers insights into their health management capabilities.
Amanda Lans, Joseph. H. Schwab
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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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Increasing the health literacy of learning disability and mental health nurses in physical care skills: a pre and post-test evaluation of a workshop on diabetes care [PDF]

, 2015
This paper presents the pre- and post-test results of the outcomes of a workshop designed to increase learning disability and mental health nurses’ knowledge and skill to undertake interventions for service users at risk of, or with a diagnosis of, type ...
Trotter, Fiona, Hemingway, Steve, Stephenson, John, Holdich, Phil, Hemingway, S, Clifton, Andrew, Trotter, F, Stephenson, J, Holdich, P, Clifton, A, Holdich, Phillip   +10 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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Developing Verbal Health Literacy with Adult Learners Through Training in Shared Decision-Making. [PDF]

, 2022
BACKGROUND: Health literacy skills are often assessed in relation to written health materials; however, many important communications are in other formats, especially verbal communication with health care providers.
Nutbeam, D, Smith, SK, Muscat, DM, Luxford, K, Morony, S, Trevenal, L, Hayen, A, Shepherd, HL, Dhillon, HM, McCaffery, K   +9 more
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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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COVID-19 and Cancer Patients in the Second Year of the Pandemic: Investigating Treatment Impact, Information Sources, and COVID-19-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices

Current Oncology, 2022
Background: The novel coronavirus that has triggered the present COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread globally, resulting in widespread morbidity and mortality.
Mohamed A. Ugas, Lisa Avery, Yanning Wang, Alejandro Berlin, Meredith E. Giuliani, Monika Krzyzanowska, Tina J. Papadakos, Naa Kwarley (Linda) Quartey, Diana Samoil, Janet K. Papadakos   +9 more
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Helping patient educators meet health literacy needs: End-user testing and iterative development of an innovative health literacy editing tool

PEC Innovation, 2023
Objective: The Sydney Health Literacy Lab (SHeLL) Editor is an online text-editing tool that provides real-time assessment and feedback on written health information (assesses grade reading score, complex language, passive voice).
Julie Ayre, Danielle M. Muscat, Olivia Mac, Carissa Bonner, Adam G. Dunn, Jason Dalmazzo, Dana Mouwad, Kirsten McCaffery   +7 more
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Bridging health literacy and physical literacy for sustainable health

Frontiers in Public Health
In this paper, we propose that physical literacy should be conceptualized in relation to, and as interconnected with, health literacy rather than as a distinct and separate form of literacy, as is often presented. Furthermore, we contend that this approach should be more centrally integrated into health interventions that target health in general, as ...
Eriksson, Camilla, Hedlund, Johannes, Harder, Maria, Almqvist, Lena, Borglund, Lisa   +4 more
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