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A Delphi study on health literacy competencies for health professionals [PDF]

BMC Medical Education
Background Health professionals play a key role in promoting health literacy, as they continue to be one of the main points of contact and most trusted source of information for healthcare users on questions and concerns regarding health and disease.
Anna-Sophia Beese, Rebecca Jaks, Elena Alder, Saskia Maria De Gani   +3 more
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Literacy

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology, 2021
Literacy is a linguistic innovation characterised by the encoding and decoding of language into a system of visual signs whoserelevance to daily life in most societies cannot be overstated. Understood to be both a technology and a social practice, literacyhas been the subject of anthropological inquiry since the late nineteenth century, with protracted
Turin, Mark, Hanks, Robert
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Relation of corona-specific health literacy to use of and trust in information sources during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background COVID-19 has developed into a worldwide pandemic which was accompanied by an «infodemic» consisting of much false and misleading information. To cope with these new challenges, health literacy plays an essential role.
Saskia Maria De Gani, Fabian Marc Pascal Berger, Elena Guggiari, Rebecca Jaks   +3 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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The relationship between L2 vocabulary knowledge and reading proficiency: The moderating effects of vocabulary fluency

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
In this study, we ascertain the links between the four dimensions of L2 vocabulary knowledge and L2 reading proficiency and the moderating effects of vocabulary fluency.
Yanli Tong, Zuwati Hasim, Huzaina Abdul Halim   +2 more
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People underestimate the errors made by algorithms for credit scoring and recidivism prediction but accept even fewer errors

Scientific Reports, 2021
This study provides the first representative analysis of error estimations and willingness to accept errors in a Western country (Germany) with regards to algorithmic decision-making systems (ADM).
Felix G. Rebitschek, Gerd Gigerenzer, Gert G. Wagner   +2 more
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Mental Health Literacy in Zurich: A First Measurement Attempt Using the General HLS-EU-Q47

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: Mental health literacy (MHL) promises to be an important factor for public health by enabling people to take responsibility for their own mental health.
Michael Schneider, Michael Schneider, Rebecca Jaks, Daniela Nowak-Flück, Dunja Nicca, Saskia Maria De Gani   +5 more
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Mini-VLAT: A Short and Effective Measure of Visualization Literacy [PDF]

Computer Graphics forum Volume 42 (2023), Number 3, 2023
The visualization community regards visualization literacy as a necessary skill. Yet, despite the recent increase in research into visualization literacy by the education and visualization communities, we lack practical and time-effective instruments for the widespread measurements of people's comprehension and interpretation of visual designs.
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The health of rural Black communities during COVID: Some affirmations, some surprises

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Background and objectiveThere are overwhelming health disparities in the Deep South. It is important to include the voice of communities affected by these disparities when developing interventions. The goal of the current study was to develop an academic
Sharlene D. Newman, Sharlene D. Newman, Kimberly Moss, Melonie Pichon, Deborah Scott, Kileema Rogers, Angela Orr, Chuong Bui, Pamela Payne-Foster, Pamela Payne-Foster   +9 more
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Bilingual Home Literacy Experiences and Early Biliteracy Development among Chinese–Canadian First Graders

Education Sciences, 2023
This study was designed to examine the role of early bilingual home literacy experiences (HLE) (including parent–child shared reading, parents’ direct teaching in Chinese and English, the availability of books in both languages, and children’s access to ...
Guofang Li, Fubiao Zhen, Zhen Lin, Lee Gunderson   +3 more
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