Health literacy: the solid facts. Copenhagen (Denmark): WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2013.World Health Organization (2013) Health literacy: The solid facts. Copenhagen, Denmark: WHO Regional Office for Europe.World Health Organization. Health literacy: The solid facts. Copenhagen: WHO Regional ...
Improving health literacy is an important public health goal in many countries. Although many studies have suggested that low health literacy has adverse effects on an individual’s health outcomes, confounding factors are often not accounted. This paper examines the interplay between health literacy an...
When kids know how their bodies work, they are more likely to take better care of themselves. Once children learn the science behind the systems of the body, they can translate that knowledge into better choices for their mental and physical wellbeing. Health literacy is knowledge to last ...
Physician education leads to improved patient outcomes via the provider’s use of strategies to activate the patient in their own self-care and ensure adequate health literacy. This education also ensures the clinician can activate the clinical microsystem to be a supportive health literacy environment...
Health literacy depends on individual factors as well as the healthcare system. Medical or technical words may be unfamiliar, but patients can continue to learn new terms and health topics. By improving health literacy, patients may be able to make better choices about their health.2 ...
health literacy; allergy prevention; health professionals; qualitative methods; midwives 1. Introduction Health literacy (HL) enables people to make informed health-related decisions to take care of their own health. It is defined as “knowledge, motivation and competencies related to the process of ...
Health literacy is a multidimensional concept covering a range of cognitive and social skills necessary for participation in health care. Knowledge of health literacy levels in general populations and how health literacy levels impacts on social health inequity is lacking. The primary aim of this study...
Health Literacy: The Solid Facts W Europe 被引量: 0发表: 2013年 Development of the health literacy on social determinants of health questionnaire in Japanese adults Methods: We extracted domains of the social determinants of health from "the solid facts" and related articles, operationalizing the ...
RESEARCH ARTICLE Health Literacy Measure for Adolescents (HELMA): Development and Psychometric Properties Shahla Ghanbari1, Ali Ramezankhani1*, Ali Montazeri2*, Yadollah Mehrabi3 1 Department of Public Health, School of Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehr...
Knowledge gaps were most evident in basic facts on health literacy and health literacy screening. Study participants had limited health literacy experiences in activities related to the evaluation and presentation of health care information. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested a reasonably good fitting ...