Health literacy is a cross-cutting priority for transforming quality of health care in the United States. The informative work of the articles published in this supplement to Pediatrics creates an imperative for pediatricians to optimize communication with parents and children and to develop necessary tools and strategies. In the commentary that follows, we address what we believe are needed ac...

At present, more than one-fifth of humanity is unable to read and write. We critically examine experimental evidence and theories of how (il)literacy affects the human mind. In our discussion, we show that literacy has significant cognitive consequences that go beyond the processing of written words and sentences. Thus, cultural inventions such as reading shape general cognitive processing in n...

Abstract The European network on Measuring Population and Organizational Health Literacy (M-POHL) was founded in 2018 under the umbrella of Information Initiative (EHII) World Organization - Regional Office for Europe. literacy (HL) is increasingly recognized as a critical determinant, mediator or moderator health, large parts populations have been shown to limited HL. Therefore, it one aims M-...

Policy related to energy efficiency programs implemented by utility companies should be informed by an understanding of building occupant behavior change. This case study utilized a longitudinal design and mixed methodology to assess the effect of curriculum-based experiential learning on elementary school students' environmental literacy and energy-saving behaviors. We found that the students ...

Background/Context: Throughout schooling, English learners (ELs) perform well below their monolingual English-speaking peers on literacy assessments, and Hispanics make up the majority of EL students in the United States. There is a strong consensus about the importance of early English oral language skills for ELs’ literacy development, yet teachers are not adequately prepared to meet the need...

Adolescent literacy has captured the attention of policy makers in the United States as evidence has emerged of students’ poor performance compared to many other nations (UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2003, 2007). As one response, school districts across the United States have been cutting social studies classes and extending Language Arts classes in an effort to raise literacy scores. This ...

OBJECTIVE Although prior research demonstrated that improving diabetes self-efficacy can improve self-management behavior, little is known about the applicability of this research across race/ethnicity and health literacy levels. We examined the relationship between diabetes self-efficacy and self-management behavior in an urban, diverse, low-income population with a high prevalence of limited ...

This theoretical study seeks to contribute to the reflection on public policies in the field of information literacy in Portugal. For this purpose, we look at the status quo of how information literacy has been addressed in Portugal, discussing the aspects concerning public policies, which include an interconnection between scientific knowledge and public action. So, the main objective is to de...

Barbara currently lectures for the School of Computing and Information Science (SCIS) at Edith Cowan University in information services management, information literacy, elearning and children’s literature. Her major interest areas include the role of teacher librarians in education, plagiarism, online learning and the online experience in distance education particularly for first time users, i...

This study investigates the role of wealth in infant mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa, hereafter (SSA). Using recent data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), we document the differences that exit within urban and between urban and rural residents in Sub-Saharan Africa based on wealth. Our findings lead us to conclude that there is a statistical significant difference both within urban res...