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Using Health Literacy as a Tool for Equity and Engagement in Health Systems

Journal of Health Research
Background: Health literacy (HL) is among the evidence-based strategies to promote health equity and communities/individuals’ engagement to attain higher health outcomes. Method: Invited commentary.
Catina O'Leary, Stephanie Gonzalez, Mark Valenti   +2 more
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The effects of a short video intervention on digital health literacy skills: Protocol for an online randomised controlled trial

Health Literacy and Communication Open
Background Social media has transformed health communication and has an increasing influence on public health communication. There are growing concerns about how people find good quality health information online, and their ability to use, understand and
Diana Vassilenko, Melody Taba, Lucia Marcello, Tara Haynes, Jenna Smith, Jessica Stokes-Parish, Claire Hudson, Kirsten McCaffery   +7 more
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Can health information and decision aids decrease inequity in health care? A systematic review

BMJ Public Health
Objectives A systematic review of studies evaluating evidence-based health information (EBHI) and patient decision aids (PtDAs) was conducted in order to ascertain the extent to which inequity-producing factors have been considered, and in how far people
Christin Ellermann, Jana Sophie Hinneburg, Christoph Wilhelm, Felix Georg Rebitschek   +3 more
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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
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Welcome to the Journal HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice

Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2017
Welcome to the journal HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice! Please join us in creating a forum for the dissemination of high-quality health literacy research and state-of-the art practices.
Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, Cynthia Baur, Howard Cabral, Editorial Board of HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice   +3 more
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Using the Lens database for staff publications

Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2020
In a rapidly changing landscape, many health sciences libraries are looking to increase the support they provide for research in their organization. The Lens database is a free platform for enabling discovery of both scholarly and patent literature.
Rob Penfold
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The impact of personal health literacy and school health literacy environments on schoolteachers' health outcomes

BackgroundThe relationship between personal health literacy and health outcomes is clear, but the role of health literacy environments is often overlooked.
Rongmei Liu, Liu, Shuaibin, Guo, Shuaijun, Shuaijun Guo, Okan, Orkan, Yu, Mingyang, Xu, Suyan, Dai, Nengguang, Mingyang Yu, Nengguang Dai, Shuaibin Liu, Wang, Junfang, Liu, Rongmei, Yu, Mingyang ; Liu, Rongmei ; Zhao, Qiuping ; Wang, Junfang ; Bai, Yuxi ; Yang, Xiaomo ; Liu, Shuaibin ; Okan, Orkan ; Hua, Bing ; Dai, Nengguang ; Xu, Suyan ; Guo, Shuaijun, Suyan Xu, Yuxi Bai, Yang, Xiaomo, Xiaomo Yang, Junfang Wang, Bai, Yuxi, Orkan Okan, Qiuping Zhao, Zhao, Qiuping, Hua, Bing, Bing Hua, Yu, Mingyang;Liu, Rongmei;Zhao, Qiuping;Wang, Junfang;Bai, Yuxi;Yang, Xiaomo;Liu, Shuaibin;Okan, Orkan;Hua, Bing;Dai, Nengguang;Xu, Suyan;Guo, Shuaijun   +25 more
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Overview of the infant and young child feeding policy environment in Pakistan: Federal, Sindh and Punjab context

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Appropriate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices have been identified as important for appropriate child growth and development.
Hana Mahmood, Yasmeen Suleman, Tabish Hazir, Durre Samin Akram, Shahadat Uddin, Michael J Dibley, Saleem Abassi, Amara Shakeel, Narjis Kazmi, Anne Marie Thow   +9 more
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Embedding health literacy research and best practice within a socioeconomically and culturally diverse health service: A narrative case study and revised model of co‐creation

Health Expectations, 2023
Background Health literacy interventions and research outcomes are not routinely or systematically implemented within healthcare systems. Co‐creation with stakeholders is a potential vehicle through which to accelerate and scale up the implementation of ...
Danielle M. Muscat, Dana Mouwad, Kirsten McCaffery, Dipti Zachariah, Lyn Tunchon, Julie Ayre, Don Nutbeam   +6 more
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Improving health literacy for older adults; expert panel report 2009 [PDF]

"To address concerns about the barriers for older adults to understand and use health information, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened an Expert Panel on Improving Health Literacy for Older Adults on December 67, 2007, in ...

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