Detecting Risk of Low Health Literacy in Disadvantaged Populations Using Area-based Measures

Improving health literacy in refugee populations.

doi: 10.5694/mja15.01112 Hunderstand basic health information and health services to make appropriate decisions about their health. Low health literacy is inextricably linked to poor health outcomes. Individuals with limited health literacy have higher rates of illness and more hospitalisations. Acquiring good health is a process that requires access to health care and health knowledge to infor...

Exploring health-seeking behaviour of disadvantaged populations in rural Bangladesh

HETEROGENEITY OF MACROPHAGE POPULATIONS: ANTIBODIES DETECTING VARIOUS POPULATIONS OF MACROPHAGES

Two groups of antibodies against mouse resident alveolar and peritoneal macrophages have been raised individually in rabbits by immunization with whole cell suspensions of lavaged alveolar and peritoneal macrophages. The whole antisera reacted positively with neutrophils and lymphocytes. However, upon extensive absorptions with these cells the activity became restricted to macrophages. The...

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Low Health Literacy: A Community-Based Study in Shanghai, China

Background: Health literacy is an increasingly important public health concern. However, little is known about the health literacy of general public in China. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of low health literacy and demographic associations in Shanghai, China. Methods: This study was a community-based cross-sectional health survey utilizing a multi-stage random sampling d...

Validation of Turkish health literacy measures.

This study aimed to validate a Turkish version of the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy (S-TOFHLA) (Baker et al, Development of a brief test to measure functional health literacy. Patient Educ Counsel 1999; 38: :33-42) and a Turkish version of the Chew self-report scale (Chew et al., Brief questions to identify patients with inadequate health literacy. Family Med, 2004; 36: :588-94) for ...