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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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Interventions and methods to prepare, educate or familiarise children and young people for radiological procedures: a scoping review

Insights into Imaging, 2022
Children attending hospital for radiological procedures can experience uncertainty, anxiety and distress; this can result in sub-optimal experiences for children, poor scan quality and the need for radiological procedures to be rescheduled or sedation to
Lucy Bray, Lisa Booth, Victoria Gray, Michelle Maden, Jill Thompson, Holly Saron   +5 more
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Addressing Health Literacy in Schools in Germany: Concept Analysis of the Mandatory Digital and Media Literacy School Curriculum

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
It is generally agreed upon that the development of health literacy should be addressed from an early age onwards in order to empower children to develop their full health potential. Schools can be seen as an ideal venue for strengthening health literacy
Tessa Schulenkorf, Verena Krah, Kevin Dadaczynski, Kevin Dadaczynski, Orkan Okan   +4 more
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Health Literacy: An overview of an emerging field [PDF]

, 2011
According to the National Adult Literacy Survey, nearly 90 million American adults test below a high school level for literacy skills (Kirsch, Jungeblut, Jenkins & Kolstad, 1993).Because most health materials are written at least at the high school level,
Flaherty, Mary Grace
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Australian private healthcare staff perspectives on patient reported experience measures (PREMs): a qualitative interview study

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
Objective Patient reported experience measures (PREMs) are common tools utilised in hospitals to support quality improvements, allow consumers to provide feedback on care experiences and can be used to support consumers’ hospital selections.
Krista Verlis, Kirsten McCaffery, Tessa Copp, Rachael Dodd, Brooke Nickel, Rebekah Laidsaar-Powell   +5 more
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Exploring the factors impacting choice and quality of overnight private hospital stays and consumer perspectives on patient reported experience measures (PREMs) in Australia: a qualitative interview study

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
Objectives Patient reported experience measures (PREMs) are tools often utilised in hospitals to support quality improvements and to provide objective feedback on care experiences.
Krista Verlis, Kirsten McCaffery, Tessa Copp, Rachael Dodd, Rebekah Laidsaar-Powell, Brooke Nickel   +5 more
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Literacy and health literacy - why they matter to health professionals

The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 2016
Low literacy and low health literacy affect people in all demographic strata and interfere with patients’ abilities to understand and act on information provided by health careproviders. Many print health education materials are written at reading levels well above those recommended.
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Genetic Contributions To Health Literacy [PDF]

Twin Research and Human Genetics, 2019
AbstractHigher health literacy is associated with higher cognitive function and better health. Despite its wide use in medical research, no study has investigated the genetic contributions to health literacy. Using 5,783 English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) participants (mean age=65.49, SD=9.55) who had genotyping data and had completed a health
Fawns-Ritchie, Chloe, Davies, Gail, Hagenaars, Saskia P, Deary, Ian J   +3 more
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Improving Awareness of Low Health Literacy and Strategies to Overcome It [PDF]

, 2016
This project outlines an intervention delivered at a family medicine residency program in Bangor, ME to increase residents\u27 knowledge of the impact of low health literacy and supply them with communication techniques to help improve patient ...
DeStefano, Sherilyn
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How readable are Australian multilingual diabetes patient education materials? An evaluation of national English-language source texts

Public Health Research & Practice, 2020
Objective: Multilingual patient education materials (PEMs) in Australia are normally prepared initially in English (source text) and then translated into other languages.
Shanshan Lin, Julie Ayre, Danielle M Muscat   +2 more
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