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Acceptance of a Covid-19 vaccine is associated with ability to detect fake news and health literacy

Journal of public health, 2021
Background During the Covid-19 pandemic fake news has been circulating impacting on the general population’s opinion about a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2. Health literacy measures the capacity of navigating health information. Methods We used data from
I. Montagni, K. OUAZZANI-TOUHAMI, A. Mebarki, N. Texier, S. Schück, C. Tzourio   +5 more
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Improving readability of informed consents for research at an academic medical institution

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2017
IntroductionThe final rule for the protection of human subjects requires that informed consent be “in language understandable to the subject” and mandates that “the informed consent must be organized in such a way that facilitates comprehension.” This ...
Kristie B. Hadden, Latrina Y. Prince, Tina D. Moore, Laura P. James, Jennifer R. Holland, Christopher R. Trudeau   +5 more
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Health literacy development is central to the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases

BMJ Global Health, 2022
The WHO’s report Health literacy development for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) delivers practical what-to-do how-to-do guidance for health literacy development to build, at scale, contextually-relevant public health ...
R. Osborne, Shandell L. Elmer, M. Hawkins, Christina Cheng, R. Batterham, S. Dias, S. Good, M. Monteiro, B. Mikkelsen, R. Nadarajah, Guy Fones   +10 more
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Integrating consumer perspectives into a large-scale health literacy audit of health information materials: learnings and next steps

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Health information is less effective when it does not meet the health literacy needs of its consumers. For health organisations, assessing the appropriateness of their existing health information resources is a key step to addressing this ...
Julie Ayre, Carissa Bonner, Jemma Gonzalez, Teresa Vaccaro, Michael Cousins, Kirsten McCaffery, Danielle M. Muscat   +6 more
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Health Literacy in the Everyday Lives of Older Adults in Greece, Hungary, and the Netherlands [PDF]

, 2020
Health literacy (HL) encompasses someone’s knowledge and abilities to access and use health information in order to make appropriate health decisions in life. HL is particularly valuable in later life when health challenges grow.
Csizmadia, Peter, Dalma, Archontoula, De Winter, Andrea, De Wit, Liesbeth, Karnaki, Pania, Meijering, Louise, Salter, Charlotte   +6 more
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Overconfidence in Managing Health Concerns: The Dunning–Kruger Effect and Health Literacy

Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings, 2022
Health literacy is often low within the general population. The Dunning–Kruger effect (DKE) suggests that individuals may experience a cognitive bias in which they overestimate their own knowledge base.
B. Canady, Mikayla Larzo
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Health Literacy and Power

HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2018
Comment article.
Paasche-Orlow, MK, Schillinger, D, Weiss, BD, Bickmore, T, Cabral, H, Chang, P, Bailey, SC, Dewalt, DA, Fernandez, A, Fransen, M, Leung, A, McCaffery, K, Meade, CD, McCormack, LA, Protheroe, J, Parker, R, Rothman, R, Rubin, D, Rudd, R, Sørensen, K, Von Wagner, C, Wolf, MS, Yin, HS, Ownby, RL   +23 more
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Health Literacy, Digital Health Literacy, and COVID-19 Pandemic Attitudes and Behaviors in U.S. College Students: Implications for Interventions

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by rapidly emerging evidence, changing guidance, and misinformation, which present new challenges for health literacy (HL) and digital health literacy (DHL) skills.
U. Patil, Uliana Kostareva, M. Hadley, J. Manganello, Orkan Okan, Kevin Dadaczynski, Philip M. Massey, Joy Agner, T. Sentell   +8 more
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New Perspectives on Picture Books [PDF]

Athens Journal of Education, 2017
The use of picture books has been illuminated as a potential to address important topics such as STEM, fluency, and social justice. Unique genres such as hybrid texts and wordless picture books are also worth considering for instruction.
Lisa Ciecierski, James Nageldinger, William P. Bintz, Sara D. Moore   +3 more
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Neurocognitive impairment is associated with lower health literacy among persons living with HIV infection. [PDF]

, 2014
This study sought to determine the effects of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) on health literacy, which encompasses the ability to access, understand, appraise, and apply health-related information.
Blackstone, Kaitlin, Cattie, Jordan E, Grant, Igor, HIV Neurobehavioral Research Program (HNRP) Group, Iudicello, Jennifer E, Morgan, Erin E, Woods, Steven Paul   +6 more
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