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The Concept Of Health Literacy In Health Promotion

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2017
Marta Estera Kowalska, Paweł Kalinowski, Urszula Bojakowska. Koncepcja alfabetyzmu zdrowotnego w promocji zdrowia The concept of health literacy in health promotion. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(9):394-402. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1001789 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4932
Paweł Kalinowski, Marta Estera Kowalska, Urszula Bojakowska   +2 more
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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 ...
Frederieke S. Diemer, Glenn P. Oehlers, Rani V. Nannan Panday, Yentl C. Haan, Gert A. van Montfrans, Lizzy M. Brewster   +5 more
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A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach, Brian C. Briggeman, Jason S. Bergtold, Aleksan Shanoyan, Sarah A. Low, Brandi Miller   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Putting climate change at the heart of education: Is England's strategy a placebo for policy?

British Educational Research Journal, Volume 48, Issue 6, Page 1083-1101, December 2022., 2022
Abstract In this paper we present an analysis of the sustainability and climate change strategy for education and children's services systems in England, produced by the Department for Education. Using critical discourse analysis, we juxtapose qualitative data collected from >200 youth teachers and teacher educators in the context of co‐creating a ...
Lynda Dunlop, Elizabeth A. C. Rushton
wiley   +1 more source

Data science in public health: building next generation capacity [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
Rapidly evolving technology, data and analytic landscapes are permeating many fields and professions. In public health, the need for data science skills including data literacy is particularly prominent given both the potential of novel data types and analysis methods to fill gaps in existing public health research and intervention practices, as well ...
arxiv  

Service capacity and disability resource integration: A strategic survey of immigrant and refugee‐serving agencies in Illinois

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Immigrants and refugees in the United States often face significant barriers in accessing social services, including mental health support, legal assistance, ESL or related education, housing, vocational training, workforce resources, transportation, and citizenship support. This article explores the strengths and challenges of community‐based
Rooshey Hasnain, Charles E. Hounmenou, Adrienne B. Smith, Timothy P. Johnson, Diane M. Kondratowicz, Jamie M. Taradash, Akash Rohidas Shinde, Francisco Alvarado   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Black and minority ethnic student teachers' stories as empirical documents of hidden oppressions: Using the personal to turn towards the structural

British Educational Research Journal, Volume 48, Issue 6, Page 1145-1160, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Racism, as a covert but pervasive presence in teacher education in England, remains a major structural issue and its effects on student teachers who are Black and Asian are real and troubling. Their personal stories reveal multiple challenges and present empirical evidence that can usefully be analysed to examine their experience of daily ...
Diane Warner
wiley   +1 more source