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The Self-Care Observatory
Health Literacy
Curator: Dr Catherine Jenkins
Health Literacy
Health literacy as a public health goal: a challenge for contemporary health education and communication strategies into the 21st century
Nutbeam D
Introduces health literacy and its role in public health.
Nutbeam, D. (2000) Health literacy as a public health goal: a challenge for contemporary health education and communication strategies into the 21st century, Health Promotion International, 15 (3), pp. 259–267. DOI:10.1093/heapro/15.3.259.
Health-literacy education drives empowerment and agency
Paakkari, L., Balch-Crystal, E., Manu, M., Ruotsalainen, J., Salminen, J., Ulvinen, E. and Torppa, M
Makes the case for health literacy development early in the life course.
Paakkari, L., Balch-Crystal, E., Manu, M., Ruotsalainen, J., Salminen, J., Ulvinen, E. and Torppa, M. (2023) Health-literacy education drives empowerment and agency, The Lancet, 401 (10374), pp. 343–344. DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00107-1.
Re-thinking health literacy: using a capabilities approach perspective towards realising social justice goals
Pithara, C. (2020)
Highlights the potential of health literacy as an enabler of social justice and action on individual health and the health of others.
Pithara, C. (2020) Re-thinking health literacy: using a capabilities approach perspective towards realising social justice goals, Global Health Promotion, 27 (3), pp. 150–158. DOI:10.1177/1757975919878151
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