Development of health literacy

Sustainable Development and Environmental Health Literacy in Iran

Literacy, education and health development: annotated bibliography.

The focus of this bibliography is education’s effect on health status in developing countries. Some of the most relevant articles have been cited and annotated. The annotations are not summaries of the articles, but rather provide specific reference to the empirical evidence or, in some cases, lack of evidence for linking education with health status. The bibliography has been divided into four...

Oral Health Literacy Assessment: development of an oral health literacy instrument for Spanish speakers.

OBJECTIVE To develop an oral health literacy instrument for Spanish-speaking adults, evaluate its psychometric properties, and determine its comparability to an English version. METHODS The Oral Health Literacy Assessment in Spanish (OHLA-S) and English (OHLA-E) are designed with a word recognition section and a comprehension section using the multiple-choice format developed by an expert pan...

Literacy, education and health development: research priorities.

How education and health are linked in developing countries and what educational activities produce change are quite uncertain. Questions for research on these concerns are noted, and it is suggested that prospective longitudinal studies, household surveys, and field observations might well be added to the more usual multivariate analyses of records. Analyses of educational program implementati...

Health literacy in Europe: the development and validation of health literacy prediction models.

BACKGROUND Health literacy is an important determinant of health, but national health literacy levels are known for only some European countries. This study aims to examine to what extent national health literacy levels can be estimated based on publicly available census data. METHOD Multivariate models were used to predict two types of health literacy on population level. Predictors were sel...