Using Research to Improve Literacy Practice and Practice to Improve Literacy Research

HIV research: enhancing engagement to improve ethics

Applying Earlier Literacy Research in Iran to Current Literacy Theory and Policy

In this paper, I attempt to bring together approaches to literacy in theory and in practice, drawing upon various activities I have been involved in over the years–research in Iranian villages during the 1970s; linking research and theory to literacy policy, with particular reference to a contribution to the Unesco Global Monitoring Report in 2004 and involvement in an ongoing adult literacy tr...

Bit by Bit: Using Design-Based Research to Improve the Health Literacy of Adolescents

BACKGROUND Although a low health literacy level has been found to be among the most powerful predictors of poor health outcomes, there is very little research focused on assessing and improving the health literacy skills of adolescents, particularly those from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. The vast majority of existing research focuses solely on reading comprehension, despite the...

Implications of Physical Literacy for Research and Practice: A Commentary.

Physical literacy is a term that has increasingly gained popularity in recent years. A variety of individuals and organizations have promoted the use of the term internationally, and a variety of claims have been made for the benefits of using the term. A historical overview allows the reader to consider physical literacy as one of many terms that have gained popularity in the field and describ...

Imbedding Research in Practice to Improve Medication Safety

Objective: The objective of this project was to improve medication safety at Kaiser Permanente Colorado (KPCO). Methods: Six projects that included over 400,000 members were conducted at medical offices and pharmacies. They focused on drug-drug interactions, warfarin-drug interactions, dosing in patients with impaired kidney function, prescribing among elderly patients, prescribing during pregn...