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Health Literacy and Cancer Communication [PDF]

CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2002
Health literacy is increasingly recognized as a critical factor affecting communication across the continuum of cancer care. We reviewed research on health literacy and examined its impact on cancer outcomes and communication. According to the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS), considered the most accurate portrait of literacy in our society, about
Terry C, Davis, Mark V, Williams, Estela, Marin, Ruth M, Parker, Jonathan, Glass   +4 more
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Integrating Qualitative Research into the Community College Linguistics Course: An Autoethnographic Inquiry

International Journal of Educational Research Open, 2021
This article presents an autoethnographic inquiry of a professor's journey when integrating qualitative research practices into the community college linguistics course.
Tuvi Terry Voorhees, Oksana Vorobel
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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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We are MLA: a qualitative case study on the Medical Library Association’s 2019 Communities Transition

Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2022
Objective: In 2019, the Medical Library Association (MLA) adopted a new model of community governance and participation, referred to as the MLA Communities Transition. The Communities Transition was the culmination of long-ranging plans by MLA to support
Kathryn M. Houk, Kelsa Bartley, Jane Morgan-Daniel, Elaina Vitale   +3 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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Maternal depression is associated with altered functional connectivity between neural circuits related to visual, auditory, and cognitive processing during stories listening in preschoolers

Behavioral and Brain Functions, 2020
Background Maternal depression can influence the early activity of a mother reading stories to a young child, as depressed mothers are less likely to read to their children.
Rola Farah, Paige Greenwood, Johnathan Dudley, John Hutton, Robert T. Ammerman, Kieran Phelan, Scott Holland, Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus   +7 more
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Health literacy and health communication [PDF]

BioPsychoSocial Medicine, 2010
Health communication consists of interpersonal or mass communication activities focused on improving the health of individuals and populations. Skills in understanding and applying information about health issues are critical to this process and may have a substantial impact on health behaviors and health outcomes.
Kiuchi Takahiro, Ishikawa Hirono
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A Review of the "Digital Turn" in the New Literacy Studies [PDF]

, 2010
Digital communication has transformed literacy practices and assumed great importance in the functioning of workplace, recreational, and community contexts.
Alexiadis, D.S., Apostolakis, Konstantinos, Daras, Petros, Eisert, P., Izquierdo, Ebroul, Magnenat Thalmann, Nadia, Monaghan, David, Moussa, M.B., O'Connor, Noel E., Prestele, B., Richard, Gaël, Zhang, Qianni   +11 more
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A systematic review of interventions in primary care to improve health literacy for chronic disease behavioral risk factors [PDF]

, 2012
Background: To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions used in primary care to improve health literacy for change in smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity and weight (SNAPW).
Dennis, S, Denny-Wilson, E, Harris, M, Newall, A, Shortus, T, Taggart, J, Williams, A, Zwar, N   +7 more
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Reporting back environmental exposure data and free choice learning. [PDF]

, 2016
Reporting data back to study participants is increasingly being integrated into exposure and biomonitoring studies. Informal science learning opportunities are valuable in environmental health literacy efforts and report back efforts are filling an ...
Beamer, Paloma I, Brody, Julia Green, Brown, Phil, Loh, Miranda, Lothrop, Nathan, Ramirez-Andreotta, Monica D   +5 more
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