Health literacy policy-making regarding children and adolescents

Assessing Literacy in Children and Adolescents

Health literacy and informed decision making regarding colorectal cancer screening: a systematic review.

Making an informed decision about participation in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening may be challenging for invitees with lower health literacy skills. The aim of this systematic review is to explore to what extent the level of a person's health literacy is related to their informed decision making concerning CRC screening. We searched for peer-reviewed studies published between 1950 and May 20...

Investigating the Relationship between Media Literacy and Health Literacy in Iranian Adolescents, Isfahan, Iran

Background: Today, most of the information related to the health system is provided by the mass media. Learning about health issues requires understanding and recognizing their influence on health behavior and critical analysis of media content by the target audience, especially the most frequent and the most vulnerable one, adolescents. We aimed to ...

Health literacy and children: introduction.

In the setting of increased interest in health literacy, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) convened a national conference on health literacy and pediatrics in Washington, DC, on November 8, 2008: “A Health-Literate America: Where Do Children Fit In?” The purpose of the conference was to examine health literacy related issues, problems, and opportunities with reference to children and chi...

Treatment decisions regarding infants, children and adolescents.

To ensure that the best decisions are made for children and adolescents, these decisions should be made jointly by members of the health care team, the child or adolescent’s parents, and sometimes the child or ado­ lescent. Children and adolescents should be involved in decision-making to an increasing degree as they de­ velop, until they are capable of making their own deci­ sions about treatm...