A long and yet unfinished history of investigating how individual capabilities social processes explain or predict health indicates that poor education, low literacy, early death are strongly linked around the world. However, complexity those relationships is not fully understood. In this article, we propose an expanded model literacy characterized by four domains: fundamental (reading, writing, speaking numeracy), science civic cultural literacy. To explore utility model, examine selected...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic causes fear, as its immediate consequences for the public have produced unprecedented challenges education and healthcare systems. We aimed to validate fear of COVID-19 scale (FCoV-19S) examine association scores with health literacy health-related behaviors among medical students. A cross-sectional study was conducted from 7 29 April 2020 on 5423 students at eight universities across Vietnam, including five in North, one university Center,...

List of Tables, Figures, and Exhibits. Preface. The Authors. 1. Health Literacy: Why Is It a Public Issue? Definitions Key Terms. Medical Information. Relationship Between Literacy. Characteristics People as Language Users. Wrapping Up. Exercises. 2. Advancing Getting Here from There. Historical Considerations. A Brief History: How Did We Get to Literacy? Early Promotion Education. Social Movements Advocacy in the 1960s 1970s. Informed Consumer Decision Making Community Collaboration 1980s...

Public health concerns underlie a considerable portion of the global burden disease, increasing utility and need for promoting assessing knowledge about public issues. Health literacy is generally agreed upon as means to find, understand, analyze use information make better decisions ultimately reduce inequities in health. A scale was tested China, Mexico, Ghana India. somewhat unexpected finding, which that experts 'scored' less on than general public, led consideration differences between...

Researchers are increasingly required to describe the impact of their work, e.g. in grant proposals, project reports, press releases and research assessment exercises. Specialised studies can be difficult replicate may require resources skills not available individual researchers. often hard-pressed identify impacts ad hoc accounts do facilitate comparison across time or projects.The Research Impact Framework was developed by identifying potential areas health from literature based on...

Although the field of health literacy is experiencing tremendous growth in terms producing peer-reviewed journal articles and attracting practitioners, foundation that potentially unstable. Despite a steady increase their number, existing measures screeners are not based on an accepted conceptual framework fail to align with growing body theoretical applied work. Existing mainly focused assessing what individuals can read understand clinical contexts. This leaves important factors untested,...

The concept of health literacy initially emerged and continues to gain strength as an approach improving status the performance systems. Numerous studies clearly link low levels education, literacy, with poor health, care utilization, increased barriers care, early death. However, theoretical understandings methods measuring complex social construct have experienced a continual evolution that remains incomplete. As result, seemingly most-cited definition proposed in now-decade-old Institute...

Abstract Objective: To assess students' human papillomavirus (HPV) knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Participants/ Methods: Students (N = 1,282) at a large, public university in the Northeast United States completed questionnaire during February 2008 assessing HPV prevalence, transmission, cervical cancer risk stigma; sexual behavior, vaccination status, as well past preferred sources of information about health. Results: A majority respondents know HPV. However, understanding was...

As a field of research, viable approach to improving health outcomes, and an important area policy, literacy has experienced significant growth considerable evolution since its broad introduction in the 1990s. Despite that history, far too many practitioners, researchers, policymakers focusing on clinical medicine, systems, public health, policy remain unaware unaffected by best practices literacy. While inherent promise is improved well-being, bulk research focused identifying negative...

For traditionally underserved populations, the Web can potentially unlock resources that could fundamentally improve health and wellbeing. However, there are many barriers to using Web-based content. While physical access issues well documented, is little understanding of how nonmainstream populations use or will Web. Based on an ethnographic study a group low-literate adults, we have identified specific navigational content present this population. We discuss preliminary assumptions be used...

Studies evaluating the influence of health literacy on patient behavior and outcomes suggest a positive relationship between knowledge, behaviors, status. In Latin American countries, studies assessing are few, regional, demonstrate considerable variation, with reported rates adequate ranging from 5.0% to 73.3%. this paper, we examine explore state efforts promote it in America. Key challenges those include socioeconomic inequality, social/geographic isolation, cultural-, language-,...

The current COVID-19 pandemic has exposed missing links between health promotion and national/global emergency policies. In response, initiatives were urgently developed applied around the world. A selection of case studies from five countries, based on Socio-Ecological Model Health Promotion, exemplify ‘real-world’ action challenges for intervention, research, policy during pandemic. Interventions range a focus individuals/families, organizations, communities in healthcare, public health,...

(2003). Elaborating a Definition of Health Literacy: A Commentary. Journal Communication: Vol. 8, No. sup1, pp. 119-120.

Abstract This chapter addresses health literacy, a powerful social determinant of health. Using program developed by the Canyon Ranch Institute as primary example, illustrates how addressing literacy theory behavior change can produce positive gains in individual, community, and global

We set out to test a theory-based measure of health literacy. To do so, we included the newly developed Calgary Charter on Health Literacy scale in Pre- and Post-evaluation Life Enhancement Program at multiple sites. The program focusing literacy prevention chronic disease is conducted with health-care provider organization partners across United States. In testing reliability validity new literacy, Cronbach’s alpha very acceptable level 0.80. There are numerous statistically significant...

This chapter aims to provide an overview of health literacy definitions, how the definitional work on has developed, and why it is important understand conceptual differences among diverse definitions. Since introduction term ‘health literacy’ in 1970s, research interest grown exponentially.

The dominant economic discourse of the industrialized world — in political, academic, and popular terms is neoclassical economics. A founding proposition that an “invisible hand” aggregates individual decisions driven by rational self-interest into socially optimal outcomes. We draw upon economics as well sociology philosophy science to question this fundamental investigate theory's position shaping social political organization. document historical contingent processes which narrative has...

Pneumonia, diarrhea and measles are the leading causes of death in children worldwide, but have a disproportionately low share international funding media attention. In comparison, AIDS, tuberculosis malaria--diseases that also significantly affect children--receive considerably more relatively high coverage. This study investigates potential relationship between agenda setting levels context actual burden disease.The news databases Lexis Nexis, Factiva, Google News Archive were searched for...

This article reports on the process outcomes of first pilot project Arts for Behavior Change (ABC) Program, held in two neighboring shantytowns Lima, Perú. The ABC Program improved health literacy through arts to empower communities identify and adopt healthy behaviors. created Theater Health, a new approach that integrates theories practices from Oppressed family methods with best an evidence-based health. Preliminary findings show high level community engagement empowerment, intention...

This paper examines the growth and development of literature “environmental communication” research. The collects citations all papers matching specified keywords covering environmental communication topics in social science journal from relevant indices. indices used were: Institute for Scientific Information's (ISI) Social Sciences Citation Index (Web Science), ISI Arts Humanities Communication Abstracts, PsycINFO, Anthropological Literature, Sociology Abstracts Periodical (Pro-Quest...

The World Health Organization's InterNetwork pilot project has shown that national and international partnerships can use information communication technologies to strengthen the public health system bridge digital divide in Information (ICT) are often promoted as bridges better governance, economies, health,1–3 but examples of how these be successfully built rare.2 In this context, United Nations' secretary general, Kofi Annan, launched 2000 Millennium Action Plan “as a concrete...

In a steadily growing effort, the world has witnessed more than three decades of effort in research, practice, and policy to socially construct what been identified as ‘health literacy. While much earlier work health literacy was United States, extent scholars practitioners is now truly global. To advance international literacy, chapter highlights role World Health Organization (WHO) series conferences that began 1980s. More specifically, outlines Organization’s overarching efforts, notes...