International Handbook of Health Literacy: Research, Practice and Policy across the Life-Span

book: International Handbook of Health Literacy

Open Access Published by Policy Press 2019

International Handbook of Health Literacy

Research, Practice and Policy across the Life-Span

Edited by: Orkan Okan , Ullrich Bauer , Diane Levin-Zamir , Paulo Pinheiro and Kristine Sørensen

https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447344520

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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Health literacy addresses a range of social dimensions of health, including knowledge, navigation and communication, as well as individual and organizational skills for accessing, understanding, evaluating and using information. Particularly over the past decade, health literacy has globally become a major public health concern as an asset for promoting health, wellbeing and sustainable development. This comprehensive handbook provides an invaluable overview of current international thinking about health literacy, highlighting cutting edge research, policy and practice in the field. With a diverse team of contributors, the book addresses health literacy across the life-span and offers insights from different populations and settings. Providing a wide range of major findings, the book outlines current discourse in the field and examines necessary future dialogues and new perspectives.

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Front Matter Open Access Download PDF	i
Contents Open Access Download PDF	iii
List of figures, tables and boxes Open Access Download PDF	ix
Notes on contributors Open Access Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	xxi
Research Into Health Literacy: An overview of recent developments
Defining health literacy: Exploring differences and commonalities Kristine Sørensen Open Access Download PDF	5
From Saranac Lake to Shanghai: A brief history of health literacy Orkan Okan Open Access Download PDF	21
Health literacy of children and adolescents: Conceptual approaches and developmental considerations Janine Bröder and Graça S. Carvalho Open Access Download PDF	39
The concept of mental health literacy Anthony F. Jorm Open Access Download PDF	53
Measuring health literacy in adults: An overview and discussion of current tools Andrew Pleasant, Caitlin Maish, Catina O’Leary and Richard Carmona Open Access Download PDF	67
Measuring children’s health literacy: Current approaches and challenges Torsten Michael Bollweg and Orkan Okan Open Access Download PDF	83
Developing an instrument for measuring the health literacy of adolescents: Lessons learned Christiane Firnges, Olga Domanska and Susanne Jordan Open Access Download PDF	99
Measuring health literacy in Europe: Introducing the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q) Jürgen M. Pelikan, Kristin Ganahl, Stephan Van den Broucke and Kristine Sørensen Open Access Download PDF	115
Health literacy and health disparities: A global perspective Sarah Mantwill and Nicola Diviani Open Access Download PDF	139
Health literacy in later phases of life: Findings from Germany and other countries Dominique Vogt, Doris Schaeffer and Eva-Maria Berens Open Access Download PDF	153
Critical health literacy for the marginalised: Empirical findings Susie Sykes and Jane Wills Open Access Download PDF	167
Health literacy and chronic conditions: A life course perspective Gill Rowlands, Joanne Protheroe, Luis Saboga-Nunes, Stephan Van den Broucke, Diane Levin-Zamir and Orkan Okan Open Access Download PDF	183
Health literacy research in the Nordic countries Kristine Sørensen and Josefin Wångdahl Open Access Download PDF	199
Programmes and interventions to promote health literacy
Improving health literacy in clinical and community populations Don Nutbeam and Bronwyn McGill Open Access Download PDF	219
MEDIA PROTECT: A setting- and parent-targeted intervention for a healthy childhood in the digital age Paula Bleckmann, Hanna Schwendemann, Simone Flaig, Lea Kuntz, Anja Stiller, Thomas Mößle and Eva Maria Bitzer Open Access Download PDF	233
Using Photovoice as a participatory approach to promote youth health literacy Paola Ardiles, Marlies Casteleijn, Charlene Black and Kristine Sørensen Open Access Download PDF	247
Mental health literacy for refugee youth: A cultural approach E. Anne Marshall and Deborah L. Begoray Open Access Download PDF	261
Media health literacy, eHealth literacy and health behaviour across the lifespan: Current progress and future challenges Diane Levin-Zamir and Isabella Bertschi Open Access Download PDF	275
School-based mental health literacy interventions Kathryn Cairns and Alyssia Rossetto Open Access Download PDF	291
Health literacy interventions for children or adolescents: An overview and insights into practical applications Andrew Pleasant, Kristen Haven Griffin, Caitlin Maish, Catina O’Leary and Richard Carmona Open Access Download PDF	307
Health literacy interventions in the delivery of pharmaceutical care Laura J. Sahm, Suzanne McCarthy and Sarah Marshall Open Access Download PDF	323
A stated preference discrete choice health literacy intervention framework for the control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Africa Kenneth Yongabi Anchang and Theckla Kwangsa Mbunwe Open Access Download PDF	335
Occupational health literacy: Healthy decisions at work Marie Birk Jørgensen and Anne Konring Larsen Open Access Download PDF	347
Mental health literacy interventions in adults Anthony F. Jorm Open Access Download PDF	359
An empirical perspective on the concept of mental health literacy in the field of families with parental mental illness Kathrin Schulze, Patricia Wahl, Dirk Bruland, Stefanie Harsch and Michael Rehder Open Access Download PDF	371
Putting the literacy back into health literacy: Interventions in US adult literacy and English language programmes Maricel G. Santos and Julie McKinney Open Access Download PDF	385
Policy programmes to promote health literacy
Health literacy policies: European perspectives Iris van der Heide, Monique Heijmans and Jany Rademakers Open Access Download PDF	403
Developing health literacy policy in Scotland: A case study Graham Kramer, Blythe Robertson, Phyllis Easton and Andrew Pearson Open Access Download PDF	419
Health literacy policies: National examples from Canada Sandra Vamos, Irving Rootman, Linda Shohet and Lorie Donelle Open Access Download PDF	435
Health literacy policies: National example from Austria – A unique story and some lessons learned from an ongoing journey Peter Nowak, Christina Dietscher and Marlene Sator Open Access Download PDF	453
Health literacy policy in Australia: Past, present and future directions Anita Trezona, Emma Fitzsimon and Sarity Dodson Open Access Download PDF	471
Health literacy policies: National examples from the United States Julie McKinney and R. V. Rikard Open Access Download PDF	489
Health literacy in New Zealand: A tale of serendipity and indigenous health Susan Reid and Carla White Open Access Download PDF	505
Health literacy and the school curriculum: The example of Finland Olli Paakkari and Leena Paakkari Open Access Download PDF	521
Future dialogue and new perspectives
Health-literate healthcare organisations Jürgen M. Pelikan Open Access Download PDF	539
Future avenues for health literacy: Learning from literacy and literacy learning Paulo Pinheiro Open Access Download PDF	555
The social embeddedness of health literacy Ullrich Bauer Open Access Download PDF	573
Children as active participants in health literacy research and practice? From rhetoric to rights Emma Bond and Vanessa Rawlings Open Access Download PDF	587
Health literacy practices of adults in an avatar-based immersive social virtual world: A sociocultural perspective of new media health literacies Evelyn McElhinney Open Access Download PDF	601
Health literacy and participation in the healthcare of adults: (In)compatible approaches? Melanie Messer Open Access Download PDF	617
A lifespan perspective on health literacy: Ageing and end-of-life issues Barbara K. Kondilis Open Access Download PDF	633
Salutogenesis and health literacy: The health promotion simplex! Luis Saboga-Nunes, Uwe H. Bittlingmayer and Orkan Okan Open Access Download PDF	649
Health literacy in a social context: A meta-narrative review Ruth Pitt, Terry Davis, Jennifer Manganello, Phillip Massey, Orkan Okan, Elizabeth McFarlane, Opal Vanessa Buchthal, James Davis, Connie Arnold and Tetine Sentell Open Access Download PDF	665
Health literacy for all? Inclusion as a serious challenge for health literacy: The case of disability Uwe H. Bittlingmayer and Diana Sahrai Open Access Download PDF	689
Capacity building for health literacy Stephan Van den Broucke Open Access Download PDF	705
Index Open Access Download PDF	721

Language: English
Publisher: Policy Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 768
Illustrations
- Other: 28 Black and White

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Published: July 31, 2019
ISBN: 9781447344520