Health Literacy in Context : International Perspectives /

"Health literacy offers a new way of thinking about how we engage with information about and for health, both as users and providers of information. As a multifaceted construct, health literacy weaves together ideas drawn from health and adult education/literacy disciplines. The complexity of h...

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Other Authors: Gillis, Doris, Begoray, Deborah, Rowlands, Gillian
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., ©2012.
Series:Public health in the 21st century series.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing health literacy in context / Doris E. Gillis, Deborah L. Begoray, Gillian Rowlands
  • Health literacy and definition of terms / Rima E. Rudd, Alexa T. McCray, Donald Nutbeam
  • Health literacy and healthy lifestyle choices / Doris E. Gillis, Nicola J. Gray
  • Health literacy and health outcomes / Joanne Protheroe, Michael S. Wolf, Albert Lee
  • Health literacy and lifelong learning / Deborah L. Begoray, E. Anne Marshall, Laura P. Shone, Gillian Rowlands
  • Health literacy, culture, and community / Diane Levin-Zamir, Jane Wills
  • Health literacy : an economic perspective / Diarmuid Coughlan
  • Concluding thoughts and the future of health literacy / Deborah L. Begoray, Gillian Rowlands, Doris E. Gillis.