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Health literacy: Exploring future directions and potential contributions from health psychology 25 Jul 2013 | 08:47 pm
Health psychology has the potential to contribute meaningfully to our understanding of the concept, processes, and outcomes of health literacy. Three areas for discussion are presented here: (1) healt...
Needed action in health literacy 25 Jul 2013 | 08:47 pm
Insights for action in the relatively new field of health literacy have been constrained by the emphasis on the literacy skills of the individuals. Early studies into the relationship between literacy...
Insights into the concept and measurement of health literacy from a study of shared decision-making in a low literacy population 25 Jul 2013 | 08:47 pm
This article explores the concept and measurement of health literacy in the context of shared health decision-making. It draws upon a series of qualitative and quantitative studies undertaken in the d...
Multiple domains of health literacy as reflected in breastfeeding promotion practice: A Canadian case study 25 Jul 2013 | 08:47 pm
A model of multiple domains of health literacy was mapped to 30 practitioners’ accounts of their breastfeeding promotion practice in a region of Canada. Fundamental/basic literacy themes were consiste...
Survey mode matters: Adults' self-reported statistical confidence, ability to obtain health information, and perceptions of patient-health-care provid... 25 Jul 2013 | 08:47 pm
This study examined adults’ self-reported understanding and formatting preferences of medical statistics, confidence in self-care and ability to obtain health advice or information, and perceptions of...
'Permission to participate?' A qualitative study of participation in patients from differing socio-economic backgrounds 25 Jul 2013 | 08:47 pm
Participation in health care is an important element of self-management in chronic illness, and policy emphasises patient’s choice. Evidence suggests that this may be inequitable and inadequate, since...
Health literacy and community empowerment: It is more than just reading, writing and counting 25 Jul 2013 | 08:47 pm
The concept of health literacy is evolving. The re-emergence of Freireian-inspired health literacy projects moves the conceptualisation of health literacy from merely the ability to apply functional l...
African American and Latina community health workers engage PhotoPAR as a resource in a post-disaster context: Katrina at 5 years 25 Jul 2013 | 08:47 pm
This article reports on participatory action and photo elicitation research conducted by community health workers and university-based researchers in post-Katrina New Orleans between August 2007 and 2...
Gendering attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A discursive analysis of UK newspaper stories 25 Jul 2013 | 08:47 pm
Discursive psychology is used to study the gendering of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in UK national newspapers in the period of 2009–2011. The analysis examines how gendering is embedded i...
Assessing Perceptions AbouT Hazardous Substances (PATHS): The PATHS questionnaire 25 Jul 2013 | 08:47 pm
How people perceive the nature of a hazardous substance may determine how they respond when potentially exposed to it. We tested a new Perceptions AbouT Hazardous Substances (PATHS) questionnaire. In ...
